The Newberry Panthers will square off against the Forest Wildcats at 7:30 p.m. on Monday. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Newberry will bounce into Monday's matchup after beating Santa Fe, who they had gone 2-7 against in their nine prior meetings. Newberry narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past Santa Fe 3-2. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Panthers.
Luke Hartenstein tossed a big game, tossing five innings while giving up just two earned runs off four hits.
On the hitting side, Newberry saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Aiden Michaux, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Forest). They walked away with a 12-7 victory over Seminole on Thursday.
Samuel Baderschneider looked comfortable as he pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit.
At the plate, Dillon Grace was a standout: he went 1-for-3 with one home run, three RBI, and two runs. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in RBI. Ryan Vargas was another key player, getting on base in all three of his plate appearances with one home run, two runs, and one stolen base.
Forest lost a few balls and finished the game with three home runs. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Seminole didn't launched any home runs.
The win got Forest back to even at 2-2. As for Newberry, their victory bumped their record up to 2-0.
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