The Meadow Heights Panthers will venture away from home to face off against the Crystal City Hornets at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Meadow Heights has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the contest with three straight losses, while Crystal City will come in with four straight victories.
Things were looking good for Meadow Heights after they put the first runs on the board on Tuesday, but unfortunately for them things went downhill from there. They took a 10-5 hit to the loss column at the hands of South Iron.
Meadow Heights saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Caidyn Byrd, who scored a run while going 3-for-3. Isaiah Long was another, scoring two runs while going 1-for-3.
Five must be Crystal City's lucky number: they beat Vashon with that score not once but twice on Wednesday. The Hornets beat the Wolverines by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 5-4.
Crystal City's win was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 4-8. The home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.8 runs on average over those games. As for Meadow Heights, they now have a losing record of 5-6.
Meadow Heights came out on top in a nail-biter against Crystal City when the teams last played back in April of 2024, sneaking past 2-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Panthers 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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