Baseball Preview: Pine Island Panthers vs. Lewiston-Altura Cardinals
The Pine Island Panthers will be playing in front of their home fans against the Lewiston-Altura Cardinals at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Pine Island will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each match than the last.
Pine Island is headed into the game fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They were the clear victor by a 16-6 margin over Goodhue on Thursday. Considering Pine Island has won six contests by more than nine runs this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Alex Knox looked comfortable as he struck out eight batters over four innings while giving up three earned (and one unearned) runs off four hits. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in three consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Mason Jasperson was a standout: he scored two runs and stole two bases while going 3-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Landon Lowrie, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-4.
Lewiston-Altura lost 10-4 to Dover-Eyota on Tuesday. Lewiston-Altura has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Pine Island's victory bumped their record up to 10-6. As for Lewiston-Altura, their loss dropped their record down to 5-7.
Pine Island beat Lewiston-Altura 11-7 in their previous meeting back in April of 2023. Will Pine Island repeat their success, or does Lewiston-Altura have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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