Baseball Recap: Picayune Maroon Tide vs. Long Beach Bearcats
Picayune put the finishing touches on their tenth blowout victory of the season on Thursday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Long Beach Bearcats a 9-0 shutout. The victory was nothing new for Picayune as they're now sitting on five straight.
Tanner Busby tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run and only two hits while striking out nine over six innings pitched. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in seven consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Kyler King, who scored two runs and stole three bases while going 1-for-3. Another player making a difference was Brady Robertson, who went 2-for-3 with three RBI and a double.
Picayune has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 12 of their last 14 games, which provided a nice bump to their 18-7 record this season. As for Long Beach, they dropped their record down to 2-24 with that loss, which was their 13th straight on the road dating back to last season.
Picayune will have a chance to go back-to-back against Long Beach: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
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