Two teams were on the hunt for playoff glory, but only Point Pleasant walked away with it. They had just enough and edged out the Nitro Wildcats 5-4 on Wednesday. This was a revenge game for the Big Blacks: when they faced off against the Wildcats on Monday, they had to take a 2-1 defeat.
Talan Pearson
| 05/20/26 vs Nitro | 7 |
| 05/05/26 @ Herbert Hoover | 6 |
| 05/12/26 @ Wayne | 5 |
| 04/09/26 vs Morehead | 4 |
| 04/03/26 vs Brooke | 3 |
Talan Pearson made a splash while hitting and pitching. He struck out seven batters over eight innings while giving up three earned runs off four hits. Those seven strikeouts gave him a new career-high. He was also big at the plate, getting on base in three of his five plate appearances with one RBI.
In other batting news, Gavin Barnett was incredible, getting on base in all five of his plate appearances with two runs, one stolen base, and one RBI. What's more, he posted three hits, the most he's had since back in April. Trycen Putney was another key player, going 1-for-4 with one triple, one stolen base, and one run.
Point Pleasant is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven games. That's provided a nice bump to their 21-12 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.4 runs on average over those games. As for Nitro, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 14-15.
Point Pleasant has already played their next matchup (against St. Albans), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Nitro does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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