Baseball Recap: Petal Takes Down Ranked Brandon

Petal faced Brandon in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Friday. Petal skirted past Brandon 7-5. This was a revenge game for the Panthers: when they faced off against the Bulldogs last Tuesday, they had to take a 10-1 loss.

Tanner Beliveau made a splash no matter where he played. On the mound, he tossed 5.1 innings while giving up three earned (and one unearned) runs off five hits. What's more, he gave up only two walks, the fewest he's had since back in February. He was also stellar in the batter's box, going 1-for-3 with one home run and three RBI.

In other pitching news, Cooper Giger looked comfortable as he tossed 1.2 innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-low in walks (zero).

John Lindsey

Hits (Career)

03/28/25 vs Brandon	3
03/25/25 @ Brandon	2
03/06/25 @ Harrison Central	2
03/22/25 @ St. Stanislaus	1
03/21/25 vs Northwest Rankin	1

Back at the plate, John Lindsey was excellent, scoring a run while going 3-for-4. Those three hits gave him a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Easton Giger, who scored a run while going 3-for-4.

Petal has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five games. That's provided a nice bump to their 12-5 record this season. A key ingredient in that success has been their performance when it comes to hits: they averaged an imposing nine hits in those games compared to only 5.58 in the others. The defeat snapped Brandon's winning streak at five games and leaves them with a 11-9 record.

Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. A feisty cat fight will be fought as Petal Panthers face off against Meridian Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Meridian has struggled to contain batters this season (they've allowed 9.59 runs per game on average), something Petal will no doubt try to take advantage of. As for Brandon, they will face off against Neville at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday.