It was the second defeat suffered to the Tigers as they fell 9-8 last week in Princeton. The Tigers now sport a fine 14-5 record while the Panthers fall to 10-8.
Panther pitcher Wynne Renkes got off to a good start working a couple 1-2- 3 innings and the Panthers got on the board in their half of the second. Cleanup hitter Lilly Swatos connected on a line drive home run to left center to start the inning. Leah Richmond followed up with a single as did Isabella Olvera to set the table. Renkes then singled to right to make it 2-0 EP before the next two Panthers grounded out.
The hard hitting Tigers got their bats going in the third inning and scored 7 runs, 5 of which were earned, including a 3-run homer. Renkes was relieved on the mound by Ayden Klendworth who got the last 2 outs to end the inning.
Princeton kept it going in the fourth scoring 3 more to make it 10-2. Swatos singled to open the Panther fourth and scored on an RBI single by Klendworth.
The Panthers got 2 more in their fifth as Chloe Hamilton doubled and went to third on an infield single by Ava Grawe. Swatos singled to the fence scoring both of the runners and closed the gap to 10-5 after 5 innings.
Princeton kept hitting and took advantage of a couple Panther errors to score twice in the sixth and 5 more in the seventh. The Panthers tallied once in their last at bat as Olvera doubled driving in Hamilton who had led off with a single.
Princeton had 12 hits during the contest as did the Panthers who were led by Swatos’ 4 for 4 performance with 3 RBIs. Olvera and Hamilton added 2 each.
The Panthers have a busy week with 4 games in 4 nights. They travel to Geneseo, Hall and Riverdale to wrap up the week.
