The Elizabethtown Panthers will square off against the Bullitt Central Cougars at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. Elizabethtown will be looking to extend their current eight-game winning streak.
Elizabethtown is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Kentucky's top teams: Campbellsville, who was ranked 20th at the time (Elizabethtown was ranked 11th). The Panthers never let the Eagles get on the board and left with a 5-0 win on Tuesday.
Male hit Bullitt Central with a six-run seventh inning on Tuesday, which goes a long way in explaining the final result. The Cougars took a 7-3 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Bulldogs.
Collin Waltrip was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he didn't allow a single earned run over five innings pitched.
On the hitting side, Bullitt Central saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Cole Halbrook, who went a perfect 1-for-1 with one run and one double.
Elizabethtown pushed their record up to 26-7 with the victory, which was their seventh straight at home. Those home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.3 runs on average over those games. As for Bullitt Central, they have been struggling recently as they've lost four of their last five contests. That's put a noticeable dent in their 14-12 record this season.
Everything went Elizabethtown's way against Bullitt Central when the teams last played back in May of 2023, as Elizabethtown made off with a 6-0 victory. Do the Panthers have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Cougars turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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