The Pike Red Devils will take on the Elwood Panthers at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Pike will be strutting in after a victory while Elwood will be coming in after a defeat.
Having struggled with six losses in a row, Pike turned things around against Speedway on Wednesday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Sparkplugs a 3-0 shutout.
Stiven Henriquez
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Stiven Henriquez tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run over five innings pitched. He also tossed no earned runs, which is notable because Pike is 5-2 when he allows at most one earned run, but 3-8-1 otherwise.
On the hitting side, Joe Williams was excellent, going 1-for-2 with two RBI, one run, and one double.
Meanwhile, Elwood was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their fifth straight defeat. They were a single run away from ending the streak, but they lost a 3-2 heartbreaker at the hands of Tipton.
Keeghan Davenport spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered three runs (all of which were unearned) on six hits.
At the plate, Elwood saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Bracken Jetty, who went 2-for-3 with one run and one RBI.
Elwood's loss dropped their record down to 7-15. As for Pike, their win bumped their record up to 8-10-1.
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