Baseball Preview: Park Center/Columbia Heights/Maranatha Pirates vs. Spring Lake Park Panthers
Park Center/Columbia Heights/Maranatha has enjoyed a three-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will challenge the Spring Lake Park Panthers at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Park Center/Columbia Heights/Maranatha is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 10.3 runs per game this season.
Last Wednesday, Park Center/Columbia Heights/Maranatha was able to grind out a solid win over St. Anthony Village, taking the game 5-2.
Ty Lovcik spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered two runs (both of which were unearned) on four hits and racked up 11 Ks. He has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts in three consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Park Center/Columbia Heights/Maranatha's victory was truly a team effort as two different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Beau Bratsch, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, Spring Lake Park fought the good fight in their extra-innings game against Andover on Thursday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Huskies by a score of 6-5. Spring Lake Park has struggled against Andover recently, as their matchup on Thursday was their fifth consecutive lost matchup.
Park Center/Columbia Heights/Maranatha has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 7-2 record this season. As for Spring Lake Park, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-5.
Park Center/Columbia Heights/Maranatha came up short against Spring Lake Park when the teams last played back in May of 2023, falling 10-5. Can Park Center/Columbia Heights/Maranatha avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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