Baseball Recap: Pinecrest Patriots vs. East Bladen Eagles
Pinecrest stacked a seventh blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Tuesday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the East Bladen Eagles a 10-0 shutout. The win made it back-to-back victories for Pinecrest.
Connor Tepatti was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out six over four innings pitched. Tepatti has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in three consecutive pitching appearances. Tepatti was also solid in the batter's box, scoring two runs while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
In other batting news, JC Woolard and Liam Dutton did most of the damage at the plate: Woolard scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3, while Dutton scored a run and stole two bases while going 3-for-4. Another player making a difference was Carter Bean, who scored a run while going 1-for-1.
Pinecrest is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 11-3 record this season. As for East Bladen, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 7-7.
Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Pinecrest will take on Heritage at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. As for East Bladen, they will head out on the road to square off against Heide Trask at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Heide Trask is coming into the game with three straight wins at home, so East Bladen will have to stop a squad with plenty of momentum.
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