Baseball Recap: Ocean Springs Greyhounds vs. Petal Panthers
It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Ocean Springs had no problem doing just that on Saturday. They narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past the Petal Panthers 4-2. This was a revenge game for Ocean Springs, as the team was forced to settle for a 5-2 loss when these two played last Friday.
Ocean Springs got a great performance from Will Blevins as he didn't allow a single earned run over six innings pitched.
At the plate, Ocean Springs let Maddox Moreland and Cannon Hensarling loose on the outfield. Moreland went 1-for-2 with a home run and two runs, while Hensarling scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-3.
On Petal's side, they saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Fisher Howell, who scored a run while going 2-for-4.
Ocean Springs pushed their record up to 17-10 with that victory, which was their ninth straight on the road. As for Petal, their defeat ended a six-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 13-13.
Ocean Springs will have a chance to go back-to-back against Petal: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 7:00 p.m. on Sunday.
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