Pine Forest and Booker T. Washington squared off in some playoff action on Monday, but Pine Forest had to settle for second. They fell just short of the Booker T. Washington Wildcats by a score of 3-2. Pine Forest has not had much luck with Booker T. Washington recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.
Colton Swiers put in work no matter where he played. He pitched three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Swiers was also stellar in the batter's box, going 4-for-4 with a triple, a stolen base, and an RBI. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played.
Even though they lost, Pine Forest didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with six strikeouts. This was only their 15th loss (out of 21 games) when they post five or more strikeouts.
On Booker T. Washington's side, Travis Bright tossed a big game, striking out seven batters over 4.2 innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off two hits.
At the plate, Booker T. Washington saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Nick Freeman, who went 1-for-3 with an RBI.
Pine Forest's defeat dropped their record down to 6-19. As for Booker T. Washington, their win bumped their record up to 7-17.
Pine Forest does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Booker T. Washington, they will challenge Escambia at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Booker T. Washington is no doubt hoping to put an end to a seven-game streak of away losses.
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