The PikeView Panthers will head out on the road to face off against the Wyoming East Warriors at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Both teams come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Wednesday, PikeView earned a 7-4 win over Graham. That's two games straight that PikeView has won by exactly three runs.
PikeView let Zachary Rose and Sammy Lyle loose on the outfield. Rose scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-2, while Lyle scored a run while going 2-for-3. Another player making a difference was Drew Damewood, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, it was close, but on Saturday Wyoming East sidestepped Greenbrier West for a 5-3 victory.
Zach Hunt made a splash no matter where he played. He looked comfortable on the mound, striking out ten batters over 6.2 innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off four hits. Hunt was also solid in the batter's box, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Hunt wasn't the only one making solid contact as three players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Owen Biggs, who went 1-for-3 with a stolen base.
The win made it two in a row for PikeView and bumps their season record up to 14-6. As for Wyoming East, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 10-5 record this season.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Monday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. PikeView has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 8.4 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Wyoming East struggles in that department as they've been averaging 9.6. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one.
PikeView couldn't quite finish off Wyoming East when the teams last played back in March and fell 8-6. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Wyoming East's Miken Smyth, who struck out seven batters over seven innings while giving up three earned (and three unearned) runs off seven hits. Now that PikeView knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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