Baseball Game Recap: Pineville Rebels vs. Ruston Bearcats

Pineville suffered their closest loss since February 27th on Thursday. They wound up with the same score they had in their last game (4-2), but sadly the team found themselves on the wrong side of the score this time. Give some credit to the fans of both teams: the last five times they've met, the home team has come away the winner.

Pineville's defeat was their fourth straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 12-13. Even worse, they were so close so many times: the losses came by an average of only 1.25 runs. As for Ruston, they are on a roll lately: they've won 15 of their last 17 matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 22-8 record this season.

The teams didn't have to wait long for a rematch: Ruston beat Pineville by a score of 6-2 on Friday.