For the second straight game, Schoolhouse Prep will face off against Brito. The Wolfpack will face off against the Panthers at 12:00 p.m. on Thursday.
Schoolhouse Prep heads in on the heels of a playoff matchup on Tuesday. They fell just short of Brito by a score of 6-5. The defeat continues a trend for the Wolfpack in their meetings with the Panthers: they've now lost three in a row.
For Brito's part, Noah Nevarez looked comfortable as he pitched four innings while giving up just one earned (and three unearned) runs off one hit. Nevarez is becoming a predictor of the Panthers' success: when he allows at most one hit the team is 5-2 (and 8-12 when he doesn't).
At the plate, Brito saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Hector Santos, who went 2-for-4 with two runs, one stolen base, and two RBI. That's the most runs Santos has posted since back in March. Samuel Castro was another, getting on base in three of his four plate appearances with one run and one RBI.
The victory was the sixth in a row for Brito, bringing their record up to 13-14. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.2 runs on average over those games. As for Schoolhouse Prep, their loss dropped their record down to 13-12.
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