The Portland Panthers will look to defend their home field on Thursday against the White House-Heritage Patriots at 7:00 p.m. The squads are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Portland has struggled recently with three defeats in a row, while White House-Heritage will arrive with eight straight victories.
Portland might be feeling deja-vu: they lost 5-4 to White House, which was the same score (and result) they got the week prior.
Meanwhile, White House-Heritage can now show off five landslide victories after their most recent match on Monday. They blew past Westmoreland 11-1. While fans of White House-Heritage might be used to big wins, the ten-run margin marked the team's biggest win yet this season.
Kaleb Fyke made a big impact while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, striking out nine batters over five innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits (and only one walk). Fyke has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts in four consecutive pitching appearances. Fyke was also big at the plate, getting on base in all four of his plate appearances with a double and an RBI.
In other batting news, Dane Hinshaw and Caleb Cayce did most of the damage at the plate: Hinshaw got on base in three of his four plate appearances with four RBI, a run, and a double, while Cayce scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3. Eliljah Gregory was another key contributor, scoring two runs while going 1-for-3.
Portland's loss dropped their record down to 7-13. As for White House-Heritage, they have been performing well recently as they've won nine of their last 11 games, which provided a nice bump to their 11-5 record this season.
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