Baseball Preview: Countryside Cougars vs. Pinellas Park Patriots
Countryside is 9-1 against Pinellas Park since February of 2017, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Monday. The Countryside Cougars will be playing in front of their home fans against the Pinellas Park Patriots at 7:00 p.m. Countryside is out to stop a three-game streak of losses at home.
Last Wednesday, Countryside didn't have quite enough to beat Central and fell 4-2. That's two games in a row now that Countryside has lost by exactly two runs.
Jake Nevins made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and got on base in all three of his plate appearances with a triple and a run.
Meanwhile, Pinellas Park owes their pitching crew a big pat on the back after their performance on Thursday. They came out on top against Tarpon Springs by a score of 5-0.
Pinellas Park also got a great performance from Adam Wehse as he didn't allow a single earned run over 4.2 innings pitched.
On the hitting side, Colby Redding was excellent, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while going 2-for-3. Another player making a difference was Seth Anderson, who went 2-for-3 with a stolen base and two RBI.
Countryside's defeat dropped their record down to 13-12. As for Pinellas Park, their win bumped their record up to 13-11.
Everything went Countryside's way against Pinellas Park in their previous meeting back in February as Countryside made off with a 12-1 victory. Will Countryside repeat their success, or does Pinellas Park have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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