The Amherst Central Tigers will head out on the road to face off against the Sweet Home Panthers at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Neither Amherst Central nor Sweet Home posted many runs in their last games, so it might be the pitching crews that decide this one.
On Tuesday, Amherst Central didn't have quite enough to beat Maryvale and fell 3-2.
Meanwhile, Sweet Home had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 2 runs), and they went ahead and made it three on Monday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 1-0 win over the Spartans.
Not much got past Samie Abbas, who gave up just two hits and racked up eight Ks to keep Starpoint off the board. Abbas has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in three consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Sweet Home's victory was truly a team effort as five different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Rob McLoughlan, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Amherst Central's defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 0-2. As for Sweet Home, the win got them back to even at 5-5-1.
Amherst Central was able to grind out a solid victory over Sweet Home when the teams last played back in May of 2023, winning 8-3. Will Amherst Central repeat their success, or does Sweet Home have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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