The Morehead Panthers will head out on the road to face off against the West Stokes Wildcats at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams are coming into the match red-hot, with Morehead sitting on four straight wins and West Stokes on 11.
Morehead proved they can win big on Monday (they won by 15) and on Tuesday they proved they can win the close ones too. They won by a run and slipped past Walkertown 4-3.
Morehead's victory was truly a team effort as four different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Jackson Silvers, who went 2-for-3 with one stolen base, one run, and one RBI. That's the most hits Silvers has posted since back in March.
Meanwhile, while West Stokes put up some runs on Tuesday, the same can't be said for McMichael. The Wildcats put the hurt on the Phoenix with a sharp 10-0 win. Considering the Wildcats have won 16 contests by more than five runs this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
West Stokes' victory was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 21-2. Those home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.8 runs on average over those games. As for Morehead, their victory bumped their record up to 12-13.
Morehead suffered a grim 11-1 defeat to West Stokes in their previous matchup on Wednesday. Can the Panthers avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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