The Northside - Pinetown Panthers will be playing at home against the Jones Trojans at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Northside - Pinetown is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.3 runs per game this season.
Last Thursday, Northside - Pinetown came up short against East Carteret and fell 8-4.
Holden Boykin was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring a run and stealing two bases while going 1-for-3.
Even though they lost, Northside - Pinetown hit smart and finished the game with only two strikeouts. This was only their first loss (out of four games) when they post two or more strikeouts.
Meanwhile, Jones came into Friday's matchup having lost 12 straight, but that streak is now in the rearview. Everything went their way against Lejeune on Friday as Jones made off with a 13-1 victory. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for Jones considering their two-run performance the game before.
Northside - Pinetown's loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 14-5. As for Jones, their win ended a six-game drought at home and bumped them up to 4-15.
Northside - Pinetown was able to grind out a solid victory over Jones when the teams last played back in May of 2023, winning 8-3. Will Northside - Pinetown repeat their success, or does Jones have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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