Baseball Preview: Pinecrest Patriots vs. Scotland Fighting Scots
Pinecrest is 8-2 against Scotland since April of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Pinecrest Patriots will be playing in front of their home fans against the Scotland Fighting Scots at 7:00 p.m. Pinecrest will be looking to extend their current five-game winning streak.
Pinecrest stacked a ninth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Wednesday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand Northwood a 9-0 shutout.
Northwood's batters probably weren't too happy with Mason Konen, who pitched a no hitter (he gave up three walks). It was the first time this season that Konen pitched five or more innings.
At the plate, Mitch Baek was a standout: he scored a run while going 1-for-2. The team also got some help courtesy of Josh Slade, who scored a run while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Scotland fell victim to a tough 15-3 defeat at the hands of Pinecrest on Tuesday. Scotland has struggled against Pinecrest recently, as their game on Tuesday was their third consecutive lost matchup.
Pinecrest has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten contests, which provided a nice bump to their 14-3 record this season. As for Scotland, their loss ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 8-5.
Pinecrest took their win against Scotland in their previous matchup on Tuesday by a conclusive 15-3. Will Pinecrest repeat their success, or does Scotland have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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