The Chico Panthers will head out on the road to take on the Twelve Bridges Raging Rhinos at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Chico comes in on nine and Twelve Bridges on five.
Chico stacked an 11th blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Friday. They blew past Enterprise 10-0.
Jaden Neugebauer and Tanner Horn made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, Neugebauer didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits over five innings pitched. Meanwhile, Horn pitched an inning while giving up no earned runs or hits. Neugebauer has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two hits in five consecutive pitching appearances. At the plate, Neugebauer scored two runs and stole two bases while going 4-for-4, while Horn scored three runs while going 2-for-3.
In other batting news, Noah Meyer was incredible, scoring a run while going 3-for-3. Another player making a difference was Jorden Neugebauer, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, it was close, but on Wednesday Twelve Bridges sidestepped Bella Vista for a 4-3 win.
Twelve Bridges also got a great performance from Matt Henry as he pitched 6.2 innings while giving up three earned runs off seven hits.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Matthew Thomas, who went 2-for-3 with two doubles and two RBI. James Romanov was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Chico has been performing well recently as they've won ten of their last 12 games, which provided a nice bump to their 16-5-1 record this season. As for Twelve Bridges, their record is now 13-9.
Chico couldn't quite finish off Twelve Bridges in their previous meeting back in April of 2023 and fell 6-4. Can Chico avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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