Hattiesburg typically has all the answers at home, but on Friday Pearl River Central proved too difficult a challenge. They had just enough and edged the Hattiesburg Tigers out 3-2. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Pearl River Central.
Conner Dyess made a splash no matter where he played. He looked comfortable on the mound, pitching three innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off three hits. Dyess was also big at the plate, scoring a run while going 2-for-4.
In other pitching news, Roman Mitchell looked comfortable as he pitched three innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in four consecutive pitching appearances.
Dyess wasn't the only one making solid contact as three players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Blake Gill, who went 1-for-3 with a stolen base.
On Hattiesburg's side, Talmadge Davis was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he struck out six batters over 4.2 innings while giving up just two earned runs off one hit.
Pearl River Central has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 15 of their last 17 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 22-4 record this season. As for Hattiesburg, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 18-7.
Pearl River Central will head out on the road to square off against South Jones at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Pearl River Central: 3.2, South Jones: 2.5) so any runs scored will be well earned. As for Hattiesburg, they will head out on the road to challenge North Forrest at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Hattiesburg is facing North Forrest at the right time seeing as North Forrest is stuck on an eight-game losing streak.
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