Pine Island is 8-2 against Lake City since April of 2017, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Pine Island Panthers will head out on the road to face off against the Lake City Tigers at 5:00 p.m. Pine Island is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 8.4 runs per game this season.
Having struggled with three defeats in a row, Pine Island finally turned things around against Lake City on Monday. Pine Island came out on top in a nail-biter against Lake City and snuck past 3-2.
Brandon Week spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned (and one unearned) run on two hits.
On the hitting side, Pine Island saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Mason Jasperson, who got on base in all three of his plate appearances with a stolen base. Luke Sems was another key contributor, scoring a run while going 2-for-4.
Pine Island's win bumped their record up to 7-3. As for Lake City, their loss dropped their record down to 5-4.
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