For the second straight game, Corcoran will face off against Woodlake. The Panthers will look to defend their home field on Thursday against the Tigers at 6:30 p.m. Corcoran's pitching crew has only allowed 3.5 runs per game this season, so Woodlake's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Corcoran is probably headed into the matchup with a chip on their shoulder considering Woodlake just ended the team's six-game winning streak on Tuesday. They fell just short of the Tigers by a score of 3-1. The Panthers were red-hot at the plate heading into the contest (they scored no less than ten runs in the three games prior), but the Tigers' pitcher proved too tough.
For Woodlake's part, Uziel Na?ez spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned run on three hits. Na?ez has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in three consecutive appearances.
On the hitting side, Woodlake saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Karl Ramsey III, who went 1-for-3 with one run, one double, and one RBI.
Woodlake is on a roll lately: they've won 12 of their last 15 matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 15-8-1 record this season. Those wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.9 runs on average over those games. As for Corcoran, their defeat was their first in the league, dropping their league record down to 6-1 and their overall record down to 16-6.
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