The Sweet Home Panthers will look to defend their home field on Wednesday against the Amherst Central Tigers at 5:00 p.m. Neither Sweet Home nor Amherst Central posted many runs in their last games, so it might be the pitching crews that decide this one.
Amherst Central is hoping to do on Wednesday what Starpoint couldn't on Monday: put an end to Sweet Home's winning streak, which now stands at three games. Sweet Home never let Starpoint onto the board and left with a 1-0 win.
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 saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Rob McLoughlan, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, Amherst Central didn't have quite enough to beat Maryvale on Tuesday and fell 3-2.
The victory got Sweet Home back to even at 5-5-1. As for Amherst Central, their defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 0-2.
Sweet Home came up short against Amherst Central in their previous meeting back in May of 2023, falling 8-3. Can Sweet Home avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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