Baseball Recap: North Pike Takes Down East Central in a Playoff Battle

With a playoff win on the line, North Pike rose to the challenge on Friday. They narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past the East Central Hornets 4-2. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest victory the Jaguars have posted since February 21st.

The win made it two in a row for North Pike and bumps their season record up to 20-9. The victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered a grand total of 2 run in those games. As for East Central, with the defeat, they broke their eight-game winning streak and moved their record to 16-13.

The teams didn't have to wait long for a rematch: the Hornets beat North Pike by a score of 11-1 on Saturday.