The Pikeville Panthers will challenge the Knott County Central Patriots at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Pikeville has given up an average of 7 runs per game this season, but Thursday's game will give them a chance to turn things around.
It was a proper cat-fight when Pikeville faced off against George Rogers Clark on Saturday. The Panthers fell just short of the Cardinals by a score of 13-12. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Saturday (11), the Panthers still had to take the loss.
Meanwhile, Knott County Central had already won five in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 12.4 runs) and they went ahead and made it six on Wednesday. They had just enough and edged out the Bobcats 7-5. That's two games straight that the Patriots have won by exactly two runs.
Knott County Central's victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 9-11. The home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.7 runs on average over those games. As for Pikeville, their loss dropped their record down to 10-15.
Pikeville was able to grind out a solid victory over Knott County Central in their previous matchup back in March of 2024, winning 7-3. Do the Panthers have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Patriots turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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