On Tuesday, Pine View faced Dixie in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Pine View Panthers fell just short of the Dixie Flyers by a score of 5-3. Pine View has not had much luck with Dixie recently, as the team's come up short the last five times they've met.
Pine View saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Nash Schroeder, who went 1-for-4 with three RBI and a triple. Schroeder has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in five consecutive pitching appearances.
On Dixie's side, Logan Leavitt and Trace Franco did most of the damage at the plate: Leavitt went 2-for-3 with a triple, two RBI, and a run, while Franco scored a run and stole a base while going 3-for-3. Another player making a difference was Carter Turley, who scored a run while going 1-for-1.
Pine View's loss dropped their record down to 11-5. As for Dixie, the victory was the 12th in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 16-2.
While Pine View had to take the loss, they won't have to wait long to give it another shot: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
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