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| 04/12/24 - Home | 11-0 W |
| 04/08/24 - Away | 11-0 W |
| 03/15/24 - Neutral | 7-0 W |
| 04/14/23 - Away | 14-4 W |
| 04/11/23 - Home | 13-1 W |
| + 5 more games |
Celina is a perfect 10-0 against Van Alstyne since April of 2021 and they'll have a chance to extend that dominance on Friday. A feisty cat fight will be fought as Celina Bobcats challenge Van Alstyne Panthers at 6:00 p.m. Celina is coming into the game hot, having won their last three games.
Celina gave up the first runs last Friday, but they didn't let that get them down. They walked away with a 7-2 victory over Sanger.
Meanwhile, Van Alstyne entered their match against Sanger on Tuesday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. Van Alstyne fell just short of Sanger by a score of 3-2. Having soared to a lofty 12 runs in the game before, the Panthers couldn't push the score so high this time.
Landon Newkirk put in work while hitting and pitching. He pitched one inning while giving up no earned runs or hits. Newkirk was also stellar in the batter's box, going 2-for-3 with one home run, one stolen base, and two RBI.
In other pitching news, Hayden Bietz was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he didn't allow a single earned run over six innings pitched. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in three consecutive appearances.
Newkirk wasn't the only one making solid contact as four players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Kaden Barrett, who scored a run while going 1-for-2.
Celina pushed their record up to 10-4-1 with the win, which was their ninth straight on the road dating back to last season. Those victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 6.3 runs over those games. As for Van Alstyne, their defeat was their first in the district, dropping their district record down to 2-1 and their overall record down to 7-5.
Everything went Celina's way against Van Alstyne when the teams last played back in April of 2024, as Celina made off with an 11-0 victory. Will Celina repeat their success, or does Van Alstyne have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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