The Northwest Indians will take on the Manchester Panthers at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. The two teams are strolling into their contests after big wins in their previous games.
Northwest is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. Everything went their way against Coventry on Saturday as they made off with a 14-7 victory. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for the Indians considering their two-run performance the matchup before.
Andrew Jones made a big impact no matter where he played. He pitched three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Jones was also solid in the batter's box, going 1-for-3 with two runs and one stolen base. That's the most runs he has posted over his last nine games.
Zander Roncaglione
| 05/10/25 vs Coventry | 3 |
| 04/28/25 @ Triway | 1 |
| 04/26/25 vs Hillsdale | 1 |
| 04/25/25 @ Lake | 1 |
| 04/23/25 vs Orrville | 1 |
In other batting news, Zander Roncaglione was incredible, going a perfect 3-for-3 with three stolen bases, three runs, and four RBI. Those three runs gave him a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Parker Kraft, who went 2-for-5 with two stolen bases, two RBI, and one run.
Meanwhile, while Manchester put up plenty of runs on Friday, the same can't be said for Waterloo. The Panthers were the clear victors by an 11-0 margin over the Vikings. The result was nothing new for the Panthers, who have now won six contests by seven runs or more so far this season.
Manchester's win was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 10-6. Those road victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.2 runs on average over those games. As for Northwest, their win ended a five-game drought at home and bumped them up to 7-13.
Northwest couldn't quite finish off Manchester in their previous meeting back in May of 2024 and fell 5-3. Can the Indians avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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