The Ridgeland Panthers will head out on the road to challenge the Gilmer Bobcats at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Ridgeland has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the contest with seven straight defeats, while Gilmer will come in with four straight victories.
Ridgeland came into this matchup off a tough 11-run loss on Thursday. This time they kept things ultra-competitive, but unfortunately the final result was the same. They fell just short of Calhoun by a score of 5-3 on Friday. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest defeat the Panthers have suffered since March 21, 2024.
Ridgeland saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jax Middlebrooks, who scored two runs while going 2-for-2.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Gilmer). Everything went their way against Towns County on Wednesday as they made off with a 17-4 win.
Ridgeland's loss dropped their record down to 9-16. As for Gilmer, their victory bumped their record up to 12-14.
Ridgeland beat Gilmer 7-3 in their previous matchup back in April of 2019. Do the Panthers have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Bobcats turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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