The Forest Wildcats will take on the North Marion Colts at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Forest is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.6 runs per game this season.
It was a proper cat-fight when Forest faced off against Newberry on Monday. Everything went Forest's way against Newberry as Forest made off with an 8-2 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Wildcats.
Jackson Owen
| 02/17/25 vs Newberry | 5 |
| 02/11/25 @ Eustis | 4 |
| 04/15/24 vs North Marion | 2 |
| 04/09/24 @ Lake Weir | 2 |
Forest got a great performance from Jackson Owen as he tossed 5.2 innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off four hits. The dominant performance also gave Owen a new career-high in strikeouts (five).
At the plate, Dillon Grace was a standout: he went 2-for-3 with five RBI, one stolen base, and one run. What's more, he also posted two hits, the most he's had since back in March of 2024. Noah Schoncheck was another key player, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 3-for-3.
Meanwhile, after soaring to ten runs the game before, North Marion was a bit more limited in their match on Friday. They fell 5-1 to Suwannee. The loss was the Colts' first of the season.
North Marion saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Troy Guynn, who went 1-for-2 with one stolen base, one double, and one RBI.
Forest now has a winning record of 3-2. As for North Marion, their loss was their first of the season and makes their record 2-1.
Forest came out on top in a nail-biter against North Marion when the teams last played back in April of 2024, sneaking past 7-6. Does Forest have another victory up their sleeve, or will North Marion turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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