South is 2-8 against Derby since April of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Cougars will head out to square off against the Panthers at 4:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (South has six straight victories, Derby has 18 straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
It was a proper cat-fight when South took on Goddard on Thursday. The Cougars walked away with a 6-3 win over the Lions.
The team relied heavily on Caden Stauffer, who scored a run and stole a base while going 4-for-4. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in RBI (two). Another player making a difference was Jace Humphrey, who scored a run while going 2-for-4.
South was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .393. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Goddard only posted a batting average of .130.
Meanwhile, Derby came up short against Hutchinson on Tuesday and fell 8-3. That's two games in a row now that the Panthers have lost by exactly five runs.
South pushed their record up to 6-2 with the victory, which was their fourth straight at home. Those home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.0 run on average over those games. As for Derby, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-8.
South skirted past Derby 5-3 in their previous matchup back in April of 2024. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Cougars since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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