The Pinckneyville Panthers will be playing at home against the Marissa/Coulterville Meteors at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Neither of those teams managed to put together many runs in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
Pinckneyville is is headed into Friday's game looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their fourth straight game on Saturday. They fell just short of Goreville by a score of 1-0.
Aaron Rixmann spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned run on six hits. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in six consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Pinckneyville saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Riley Mohr, who went 1-for-2 with a stolen base.
Meanwhile, Marissa/Coulterville didn't have quite enough to beat Valmeyer on Thursday and fell 3-1. Marissa/Coulterville has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Pinckneyville's loss dropped their record down to 7-22. As for Marissa/Coulterville, their defeat dropped their record down to 13-12.
Pinckneyville couldn't quite finish off Marissa/Coulterville when the teams last played back in May of 2023 and fell 3-1. Can Pinckneyville avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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