Van Alstyne fought the good fight in their extra-innings matchup against Sanger on Tuesday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They took a 12-9 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Indians. The Panthers were not able to repeat the success they had when they faced the Indians earlier this season, when they won 8-0.
This is the second loss in a row for Van Alstyne and nudges their season record down to 12-15. Those losses can't be blamed on the team's hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 7.0 runs over those games. As for Sanger, their win bumped their record up to 14-9-2.
While Van Alstyne had to take the loss, they won't have to wait long to give it another shot: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 6:00 p.m. on Friday.
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