The Crest Chargers will challenge the Piedmont Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Crest will be looking to extend their current six-game winning streak.
Crest's pitching crew heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. They blew past Ashbrook 17-0. Considering the Chargers have won eight contests by more than five runs this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Piedmont). They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 9-8 victory over Porter Ridge on Thursday. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest win the Panthers have posted since April 9, 2025.
Haven Poplin made a splash while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, pitching 1.2 innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Poplin was also solid in the batter's box, going 1-for-3 with two runs and one double. Those two runs gave him a new career-high.
Poplin wasn't the only one making solid contact as four players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Drake Covington, who went 2-for-3 with two RBI and one run. That's the most RBI Covington has posted since back in April of 2025. Andre Darby also deserves some recognition as he snagged his first stolen base of the season.
Piedmont's first victory this season bumped their record up to 1-15. As for Crest, their record is now 10-3.
Crest couldn't quite finish off Piedmont in their previous matchup back in April of 2024 and fell 6-4. Can the Chargers avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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