The Elwood Panthers will head out on the road to face off against the Maconaquah Braves at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. Elwood is no doubt hoping to put an end to a six-game streak of away losses.
Last Wednesday, Elwood came up short against Alexandria-Monroe and fell 6-1. That's two games in a row now that Elwood has lost by exactly five runs.
Meanwhile, it was a hard-fought match, but Maconaquah had to settle for a 5-3 loss against Peru on Wednesday.
Maconaquah saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Kaleb Shelton, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
Even though they lost, Maconaquah didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with seven strikeouts. This was only their ninth loss (out of 14 games) when they post five or more strikeouts.
Elwood's record now sits at 3-16. As for Maconaquah, their record now sits at 6-11.
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