Baseball Recap: Park Center/Columbia Heights/Maranatha Comes Up Short

Park Center/Columbia Heights/Maranatha was not able to break out of their rough patch on Saturday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They came up short against the East Ridge Raptors, falling 14-4. That's two games in a row now that the Pirates have lost by exactly ten runs.

Park Center/Columbia Heights/Maranatha saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Grant Iverson, who went 1-for-2 with one run and one double. That run marked the first that Iverson has scored this season.

Park Center/Columbia Heights/Maranatha now has a losing record of 4-5. As for East Ridge, with the victory, they broke their four-game losing streak and moved their record to 5-6.

Looking ahead, Park Center/Columbia Heights/Maranatha will take on Fridley at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. As for East Ridge, they will square off against Stillwater at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. The Ponies' pitching crew has only allowed 3.2 runs per game this season, so the Raptors' hitters will have their work cut out for them.