The Chatfield Gophers will take on the Pine Island Panthers at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Neither Chatfield nor Pine Island posted many runs in their last games, so it might be the pitching crews that decide this one.
Chatfield is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Minnesota's top teams: Caledonia, who was ranked 18th at the time (Chatfield was ranked first). The Gophers took a 4-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Warriors on Tuesday. The match marked the first time this season in which the Gophers were not able to get on the board.
Meanwhile, Pine Island fell victim to Byron and their airtight pitching crew on Tuesday. They came up short against the Bears, falling 11-0. The Panthers haven't had much luck with the Bears recently, as the team has come up short the last four times they've met.
Pine Island's defeat dropped their record down to 4-6. As for Chatfield, their loss was their first of the season and makes their record 7-1.
Chatfield skirted past Pine Island 9-7 when the teams last played back in May of 2022. Do the Gophers have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Panthers turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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