The Plymouth Panthers will head out on the road to face off against the St. Mary Catholic Zephyrs at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Plymouth is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7 runs per game this season.
Plymouth's hitters might be in the hot seat on Tuesday considering what happened against Waupun on Thursday. They lost 7-0 to the Warriors. The defeat continues a trend for Plymouth in their matchups with Waupun: they've now lost four in a row.
Plymouth saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was John Steinhardt, who went 1-for-3 with a double.
Meanwhile, St. Mary Catholic put the finishing touches on their seventh blowout victory of the season on Saturday. They put the hurt on Southern Door with a sharp 11-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for St. Mary Catholic.
Joe Pirillo was incredible, going 4-for-4 with six RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Fisher Mackenzie, who scored three runs and stole two bases while going 3-for-5.
Plymouth's loss dropped their record down to 11-8. As for St. Mary Catholic, they are on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 12 contests, which provided a massive bump to their 13-7 record this season.
The pitchers for both teams better look sharp on Tuesday as neither team is afraid to steal. Plymouth has been swiping bases left and right this season, having averaged 3.2 stolen bases per game. However, it's not like St. Mary Catholic struggles in that department as they've been averaging 3.4. The only question left is which team can snag more.
Everything went Plymouth's way against St. Mary Catholic when the teams last played back in May of 2023 as Plymouth made off with a 9-3 victory. Will Plymouth repeat their success, or does St. Mary Catholic have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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