The Grand Lake Hornets will head out on the road to face off against the Merryville Panthers at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Grand Lake will be looking to extend their current 11-game winning streak.
Grand Lake's pitching crew heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They put the hurt on Northside Christian with a sharp 13-0 victory. The Hornets might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won 13 matches by six runs or more this season.
Meanwhile, it was a proper cat-fight when Merryville challenged Oberlin on Thursday. The Panthers fell just short of the Tigers by a score of 5-4.
Merryville saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Cole C. Mirante, who went 2-for-3 with two RBI. Another was Kanyon Treme, who scored a run.
Grand Lake's win was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 20-5. The home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.3 runs on average over those games. As for Merryville, they have been struggling recently as they've lost six of their last seven games. That's put a noticeable dent in their 7-7 record this season.
Everything went Grand Lake's way against Merryville in their previous matchup back in April of 2022, as Grand Lake made off with a 20-1 win. Do the Hornets 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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