The Orange Panthers will head out on the road to take on the Southern Alamance Patriots at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Orange can't be too worried about heading out to take on Southern Alamance: they just beat Person at home, who had been dominant on their own field up to that point. Orange came out on top against Person by a score of 7-4 on Friday. Seven seems to be a good number for Orange as the squad scooped up a win with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Josiah Gibbs tossed a big game, striking out six batters over five innings while giving up just two earned runs off five hits. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in three consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Orange's victory was truly a team effort as seven different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Oliver Van Tiem, who scored three runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Wyatt Hedrick, who scored two runs while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, Southern Alamance stacked a ninth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Wednesday. They were the clear victor by a 15-5 margin over Carrboro. That's two games straight that Southern Alamance has won by exactly ten runs.
Orange has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 14-4 record this season. As for Southern Alamance, they pushed their record up to 12-5 with that win, which was their third straight at home.
Orange took their victory against Southern Alamance when the teams last played back in March of 2023 by a conclusive 13-3. Will Orange repeat their success, or does Southern Alamance have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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