Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask PikeView). They put the hurt on the Castlewood Blue Devils with a sharp 12-0 win on Saturday. Considering the Panthers have won three contests by more than five runs this season, Saturday's blowout was nothing new.
Landon Wyatt was incredible, getting on base in all four of his plate appearances with one home run, six RBI, and two stolen bases. Those six RBI gave him a new career-high. Austin Bennett was another key player, scoring three runs and stealing three bases while going 1-for-2.
Panthers
| 03/29/25 vs Castlewood | 12-0 |
| 03/27/25 vs Nicholas County | 10-4 |
| 03/22/25 @ Castlewood | 10-0 |
| 03/21/25 @ James Monroe | 3-2 |
| 03/19/25 @ Summers County | 5-2 |
The victory (which was PikeView's fifth in a row) raised their record to 5-1. Those wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.6 runs on average over those games. As for Castlewood, their loss dropped their record down to 2-4.
Looking ahead, PikeView is taking a road trip to challenge Nicholas County at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. As for Castlewood, they will look to defend their home field on Monday against Jenkins at 5:00 p.m. Jenkins has struggled to contain batters this season (they've allowed 10.33 runs per game on average), something Castlewood will no doubt try to take advantage of.
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