The McComb Panthers will venture away from home to challenge the Liberty-Benton Eagles at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday. McComb has given up an average of 9.6 runs per game this season, but Wednesday's game will give them a chance to turn things around.
Things were looking good for McComb after they put the first runs on the board on Tuesday, but unfortunately for them things went downhill from there. They fell just short of Bluffton by a score of 12-11.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Liberty-Benton). Their pitchers stepped up to hand Vanlue an 18-0 shutout on Monday. The result was nothing new for the Eagles, who have now won five games by seven runs or more so far this season.
Liberty-Benton is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matches. That's provided a nice bump to their 5-2 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 11.3 runs over those games. As for McComb, their loss dropped their record down to 1-6.
McComb suffered a grim 10-0 defeat to Liberty-Benton in their previous meeting back in May of 2024. Can the Panthers avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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