Baseball Recap: Northwest Whitfield Finds Playoff Glory Versus Islands

It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Northwest Whitfield had no problem doing just that on Friday. They narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past the Islands Sharks 10-9. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for the Bruins considering their two-run performance the matchup before.

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Previous Games (Home)

04/25/25 vs Islands	10-9
04/16/25 vs Adairsville	6-3
04/10/25 vs Heritage	5-0
04/04/25 vs Ridgeland	6-0
04/01/25 vs Ridgeland	10-0
+ 3 more games

Northwest Whitfield's victory was their eighth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 18-13. The home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.3 runs on average over those games. As for Islands, their defeat dropped their record down to 11-17.

Northwest Whitfield will have a chance to go back-to-back against the Sharks: the pair will be back at it again later today.