The Belgrade Panthers will head out on the road to face off against the Park Rangers at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Belgrade has seven straight wins, Park has four straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Belgrade is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Montana's top teams: Butte, who was ranked fifth at the time (Belgrade was ranked first). The Panthers put the hurt on the Bulldogs with a sharp 15-2 victory on Saturday. The result was nothing new for the Panthers, who have now won six matchups by six runs or more so far this season.
Meanwhile, Park started off well but failed to capitalize on an early lead against Lone Peak. They fell just short of the Big Horns by a score of 5-4 on Saturday.
Park saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Carter Anderson, who went 1-for-3 with one triple and one RBI. That triple was Anderson's first of the season.
Belgrade pushed their record up to 9-1 with the win, which was their third straight on the road. Those road victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.7 runs on average over those games. As for Park, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-4.
Everything went Belgrade's way against Park in their previous matchup on April 4th, as Belgrade made off with an 11-1 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Panthers since the squad 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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