Baseball Recap: Pearl River Central Takes a Tough Playoff Loss

Despite a phenomenal run in the regular season, Pearl River Central couldn't carry that success into this playoff game. They fell just short of the George County Rebels by a score of 4-2 on Monday. The Blue Devils were red-hot at the plate heading into the matchup (they scored no less than ten runs in the four contests prior), but the Rebels' pitchers proved too tough.

Blue Devils

Previous 5 Games

05/12/25 @ George County	2-4
05/03/25 @ Hattiesburg	14-9
05/02/25 vs Hattiesburg	16-1
04/26/25 @ Pascagoula	10-3
04/25/25 vs Pascagoula	10-3

The loss snapped Pearl River Central's winning streak at five games and leaves them with a 22-11 record. As for George County, they are on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 12 games. That's provided a massive bump to their 23-10 record this season.

While Pearl River Central had to take the loss, they won't have to wait long to give it another shot: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday.