A large crowd attended on Senior Night on one of the nicer days this season has seen. Prior to the first pitch the Panthers honored their seniors: Maewyn Bright, Grayden Church, Braedyn Frank, Jace Howard, Jermayne Kochevar, and Alastaire Sweetser.
The Panthers continued their hitting problems as they only managed 2 hits during the 7 inning affair.
Orion jumped out to a quick 1-0 lead in the top of the first. They put three hits together with a Panther error in the third inning to make it 4-0 before the Panthers scored in their half.
Grayden Church reached on an error, stole second and scored on Richard Carreno’s RBI single to left. The Panthers put together another threat in the bottom of the 6th as with one out, Carreno got the other Panther single and Braedyn Frank coaxed a walk to set the table. A hard grounder up the middle by Carter Hadaway turned into a double play to end the threat.
The Chargers added one more in their last at bat to make the final 5-1.
Frank started for the Panthers allowing 4 runs, only 1 of which was earned, 3 hits while striking out 2 in 2 plus innings of work. Church also pitched 3 innings and didn’t allow a run and Alastaire Sweetser pitched the final 2 giving up an unearned run on 2 hits while striking out 3.
The 5-11-1 Panthers return to action Monday traveling to Sherrard for a 4:30 battle.
