The Perry Panthers will head out to challenge the Boardman Spartans at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. Perry is coming into the game hot, having won their last five games.
Perry is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They put the hurt on Barberton with a sharp 13-3 victory on Friday. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for the Panthers considering their one-run performance the contest before.
Poland Seminary hit Boardman with a four-run fourth inning on Friday, which goes a long way in explaining the final result. The Spartans fell just short of the Bulldogs by a score of 7-6. That's two games in a row now that the Spartans have lost by just one run.
Tyler Kirlik made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and got on base in three of his four plate appearances with two runs and one RBI. Grayson Eicher was another key player, going 2-for-4 with one run and one double.
This is the second loss in a row for Boardman and nudges their season record down to 11-5. Even worse, they were so close both times: the defeats came by an average of only one runs. As for Perry, their win bumped their record up to 8-11.
Perry suffered a grim 13-2 defeat to Boardman in their previous meeting back in April. Can the Panthers avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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