Baseball Recap: Mountain Pine Red Devils vs. Magnet Cove Panthers
Mountain Pine can now show off six landslide victories after their most recent game on Friday. They put the hurt on the Magnet Cove Panthers with a sharp 7-1 win. The victory was just what Mountain Pine needed coming off of an 18-4 defeat in their prior matchup.
Cale Slaten was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He didn't allow a single hit, only one earned run while striking out seven over 4.1 innings pitched. Slaten was also big at the plate, going 2-for-4 with two RBI and a double.
Slaten wasn't the only one making solid contact as four players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Jonah Wilburn, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 1-for-4. Jace Beals was another key contributor, scoring two runs and stealing two bases.
Mountain Pine's win ended a 12-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 8-7. As for Magnet Cove, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 6-10.
Mountain Pine will look to defend their home field on Monday against Episcopal at 4:30 p.m. As for Magnet Cove, they will head out on the road to challenge Bigelow at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Bigelow is on a four-game streak of home wins, Magnet Cove a three-game streak of away wins -- so someone will have to leave a streak behind on the field.
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