Baseball Game Preview: Somerset Spartans vs. Ellsworth Panthers

For the second straight game, Somerset will face off against Ellsworth. The Spartans will square off against the Panthers at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday.

Somerset barely beat Ellsworth the last time the pair played, but that sure wasn't the case this time around. The Spartans never let the Panthers get on the board and left with a 10-0 victory on Tuesday. The win continues a trend for the Spartans in their matchups with the Panthers: they've now won three in a row.

Kane Donnelly

Runs (Career)

05/06/25 vs Ellsworth	3
05/01/25 vs St. Croix Central	2
04/08/25 @ Amery	2
04/05/25 vs Cameron	2
04/04/25 vs Spooner	2

The team relied heavily on Kane Donnelly, who went 1-for-3 with one home run, two stolen bases, and three runs. Those three runs gave him a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Rece Anderson, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with two runs, one triple, and one double.

Somerset was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .429. That's the best batting average they've posted all season.

Somerset's victory bumped their record up to 9-4. As for Ellsworth, their loss dropped their record down to 6-8.