Pinecrest entered their tilt with Heritage with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They had just enough and edged the Heritage Huskies out 4-3. That's more bragging rights for Pinecrest, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
Pinecrest got a great performance from Bohdi Robertson as he didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit over 4.2 innings pitched. Robertson has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in five consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Pinecrest's victory was truly a team effort as six different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Liam Dutton, who scored a run while going 2-for-4.
On Heritage's side, they got a good showing from William Leahy, who struck out six batters over three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit (and not a single walk).
At the plate, Parker Cato made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and got on base in three of his four plate appearances with two stolen bases.
Pinecrest has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 12-3 record this season. As for Heritage, their loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 9-5.
Pinecrest will head out on the road to challenge Scotland at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Pinecrest is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 8.5 runs per game this season. As for Heritage, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Jordan at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. The pair have allowed few runs on average, (Heritage: 3.9, Jordan: 2.7) so any runs scored will be well earned.
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