Baseball Game Preview: Chapel Hill Panthers vs. Carrollton Trojans

For the second straight game, Chapel Hill will face off against Carrollton. The Panthers will head out to square off against the Trojans at 5:55 p.m. on Friday. Chapel Hill has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the game with four straight defeats, while Carrollton will come in with three straight victories.

Carrollton hit Chapel Hill with a five-run fourth inning on Wednesday, which goes a long way in explaining the final result. The Panthers lost 11-1 to the Trojans.

Phillip Ackerman

Stolen Base

03/19/25 @ Douglas County	6
04/03/25 vs Douglas County	3
02/19/25 vs Langston Hughes	3
04/16/25 vs Carrollton	2
03/03/25 vs Forest Park	2
+ 5 more games

Chapel Hill saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Phillip Ackerman, who went 1-for-2 with two stolen bases and one run. Ackerman has become a key player for the Panthers: the team is 5-1 when he posts at least two stolen bases, but 3-16 otherwise.

Carrollton's win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 19-9. Those road victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.7 runs on average over those games. As for Chapel Hill, their loss dropped their record down to 8-17.