A feisty cat fight will be fought as Commerce Tigers duke it out with Paradise Panthers at 2:15 p.m. on Saturday. Commerce has now lost 15 straight, leaving the team hunting for their first win since February 27.
Commerce lost 21-8 to Lone Oak on Friday. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest loss the Tigers have suffered against the Buffaloes since April 18, 2023.
Austin Cook and Brayden Romans stepped up to the plate in a big way. Cook scored two runs while going 1-for-2, while Romans scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-1. Those two runs gave Cook a new career-high. Degio Balderrama also deserves some recognition as he got his first hit of the season.
Meanwhile, Friday just wasn't the day for Paradise's offense. They came up short against Boyd on Friday, falling 9-0. The Panthers have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Paradise also got a good showing from Kaden Hammonds, who tossed 2.1 innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Hammonds has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in five consecutive appearances.
On the hitting side, Paradise saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Carter Mara, who went 1-for-3 with one double.
Paradise's defeat dropped their record down to 3-7-2. As for Commerce, their loss dropped their record down to 2-18.
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