Baseball Recap: Mark Flynn and Braiden Yates secure win for Ponce De Leon

By Team Reports Apr 29, 2024, 8:20pm

Baseball Recap: Ponce De Leon Pirates vs. Bethlehem Wildcats

It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Ponce De Leon had no problem doing just that on Monday. They won by a run and slipped past the Bethlehem Wildcats 3-2. The win was familiar territory for Ponce De Leon who now have five in a row.

Braiden Yates and Mark Flynn did most of the damage at the plate: Yates went 3-for-4 with two RBI, while Flynn scored two runs while going 2-for-3. Another player making a difference was Hunter Weimorts, who went 2-for-3 with a double.

Ponce De Leon has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight matches, which provided a massive bump to their 11-6 record this season. As for Bethlehem, their defeat was their third straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 5-12.

Ponce De Leon will face off against Holmes County at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Ponce De Leon is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 9.2 runs per game this season. Bethlehem does not have any more games scheduled as of now.

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