The Olentangy Orange Pioneers will challenge the Pickerington North Panthers at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. The last three games Olentangy Orange has played have been within two runs, so don't be surprised if it's a close one.
Olentangy Orange is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Ohio's top teams: Mason, who was ranked 24th at the time (Olentangy Orange was ranked third). The Pioneers fell just short of the Comets by a score of 8-7 on Friday.
Meanwhile, it can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Pickerington North had no problem doing just that on Tuesday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Cougars a 9-0 shutout. Considering the Panthers have won nine contests by more than five runs this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
Pickerington North now has a winning record of 12-11. As for Olentangy Orange, their loss dropped their record down to 22-5.
Olentangy Orange was able to grind out a solid victory over Pickerington North in their previous meeting back in April, winning 8-5. Do the Pioneers have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Panthers turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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