Baseball Recap: La Crescent Lancers vs. Pine Island Panthers
La Crescent won the last time they faced Pine Island, and things went their way on Saturday too. The La Crescent Lancers had just enough and edged the Pine Island Panthers out 2-1.
For Pine Island's part, Nick Bauer put in work no matter where he played. He struck out nine batters over 6.2 innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off five hits. Bauer has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts in seven consecutive pitching appearances. Bauer was also big at the plate, going 2-for-3 with a stolen base.
Bauer wasn't the only one making solid contact as four players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Brandon Week, who went 2-for-4 with a double.
La Crescent is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 17-6 record this season. As for Pine Island, they dropped their record down to 14-10 with that loss, which was their fourth straight on the road.
As of now, neither La Crescent nor Pine Island have any future games scheduled.
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