Baseball Game Preview: Pine Ridge Panthers vs. Mainland Buccaneers

For the second straight game, Pine Ridge will face off against Mainland. The Panthers will challenge the Buccaneers at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Pine Ridge is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.3 runs per game this season.

Pine Ridge took a loss when they played away from home on Thursday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Tuesday. Everything went their way against Mainland as they made off with a 10-3 win. The Panthers haven't had any issues with the Buccaneers recently, as the game was their eighth consecutive victory against them.

Nathan Murrah

Hits (Career)

02/17/26 vs Mainland	3
02/11/26 vs Mount Dora	2
02/10/26 @ Father Lopez	1
02/04/26 @ St. Joseph Academy	1

The team relied heavily on Nathan Murrah, who went a perfect 3-for-3 with one home run, three runs, and one double. Those three hits gave him a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Daryl Badger, who went 1-for-2 with two runs.

Pine Ridge's win bumped their record up to 4-2. As for Mainland, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 1-4.