Baseball Recap: Pine Forest falls despite strong effort from Colton Swiers

By Team Reports Apr 26, 2024, 1:09pm

Baseball Recap: Pine Forest Eagles vs. West Florida Jaguars

Pine Forest was the 6-3 winner over West Florida when they last played one another back in April of 2021, but their luck changed this time around. The Pine Forest Eagles lost 10-2 to the West Florida Jaguars on Thursday.

Colton Swiers made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored a run and stole a base while going 3-for-3.

On West Florida's side, Hayden Huntsinger was incredible, going 3-for-3 with three RBI and a triple. The team also got some help courtesy of Jayden Thomas, who scored three runs while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances.

Pine Forest's loss was their ninth straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 6-18. As for West Florida, they have been performing well recently as they've won nine of their last 11 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 18-6 record this season.

Pine Forest will challenge Booker T. Washington at 6:30 p.m. on Monday. Booker T. Washington and Pine Forest are at an even 5-5 over their past ten head-to-heads. As for West Florida, they will face off against South Walton at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday.

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