The West Stokes Wildcats will challenge the Morehead Panthers at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with West Stokes sitting on 11 straight victories and Morehead on four.
West Stokes' pitching crew heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. Everything went their way against McMichael as they made off with a 10-0 win. Considering the Wildcats have won 16 contests by more than five runs this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
Meanwhile, Morehead sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 4-3 victory over Walkertown on Tuesday.
Morehead's win was truly a team effort as four different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Jackson Silvers, who went 2-for-3 with one stolen base, one run, and one RBI. That's the most hits Silvers has posted since back in March.
West Stokes pushed their record up to 21-2 with the victory, which was their fifth straight at home. The home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.8 runs on average over those games. As for Morehead, their victory bumped their record up to 12-13.
Everything went West Stokes' way against Morehead in their previous matchup on Wednesday, as West Stokes made off with an 11-1 win. Will the Wildcats repeat their success, or do the Panthers have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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