On Friday, it was a hard-fought matchup, but the Kenmore West Blue Devils had to settle for a 7-6 loss against the Sweet Home Panthers. Kenmore West has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
For Sweet Home's part, Rocco Panepinto was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, tossing three innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off two hits. Panepinto was also solid in the batter's box, scoring two runs while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
In other pitching news, Samie Abbas looked comfortable as he tossed three innings while giving up just one earned (and three unearned) runs off two hits.
Panepinto wasn't the only one making solid contact as four players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Rob McLoughlan, who scored a run while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances.
Kenmore West's defeat dropped their record down to 2-6. As for Sweet Home, their win ended a five-game drought on the road and puts them at 7-12-1.
While Kenmore West had to take the loss, they won't have to wait long to give it another shot: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday.
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