Baseball Recap: Northside - Pinetown Has No Trouble Against Lejeune

Northside - Pinetown won the last time they faced Lejeune and things went their way on Thursday too. The Panthers blew past the Devil Pups 13-3. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Panthers.

Ashton Willard made a big impact while hitting and pitching. He didn't allow a single earned run while striking out seven over five innings pitched. He also tossed no earned runs, which is notable because Northside - Pinetown is 5-2 when he allows at most one earned run, but 3-12 otherwise. Willard was also big at the plate, going 1-for-3 with four stolen bases and three runs. Those three runs gave him a new career-high.

Will Taylor

Runs (Career)

05/01/25 vs Lejeune	4
05/02/24 @ Jones	3
05/07/24 vs Hobbton	2
04/03/24 vs Bertie	2
04/02/24 vs Martin County	2

In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Will Taylor, who got on base in all four of his plate appearances with four stolen bases, four runs, and one RBI. Those four runs gave him a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Reed Clinkscales, who went 2-for-3 with three RBI and one run.

Northside - Pinetown was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .391. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Lejeune only posted a batting average of .238.

Northside - Pinetown's victory bumped their record up to 8-14. As for Lejeune, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 2-12.

As of now, neither Northside - Pinetown nor the Devil Pups have any future games scheduled.