Sweet Home is 2-8 against Amherst Central since May of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Sweet Home Panthers will head out on the road to face off against the Amherst Central Tigers at 5:00 p.m.
Sweet Home lost 15-3 to Iroquois on Saturday. Sweet Home has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Sweet Home saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jacob Brand, who went 1-for-2 with an RBI.
Even though they lost, Sweet Home didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with eight strikeouts. This was only their ninth loss (out of 15 games) when they post five or more strikeouts.
Meanwhile, Amherst Central put the finishing touches on their fifth blowout victory of the season on Wednesday. They put the hurt on Nichols with a sharp 16-5 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Amherst Central.
Sweet Home's loss dropped their record down to 6-11-1. As for Amherst Central, the victory got them back to even at 8-8.
Sweet Home suffered a grim 13-4 defeat to Amherst Central in their previous matchup two weeks ago. Can Sweet Home avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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