Baseball Recap: Pikeview Makes It Three in a Row at Home

Panthers

Margin (Wins)

05/02/25 vs Summers County	12
03/29/25 vs Castlewood	12
03/28/25 vs Bluefield	12
04/30/25 vs Bluefield	10
04/02/25 vs Summers County	10

After having lost a blowout in their previous game against Shady Spring, PikeView was happy to have turned things around on Wednesday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Princeton Tigers a 7-0 shutout. Considering the Panthers have won 11 matches by more than five runs this season, Wednesday's blowout was nothing new.

Eli Hilling was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run while striking out 12 over seven innings pitched. He also tossed no earned runs, which is notable because PikeView is undefeated when he allows at most two earned runs, but 9-10 otherwise. Hilling was also big at the plate, getting on base in two of his three plate appearances with two stolen bases and two runs.

In other batting news, Trenton Tolliver was excellent, going 3-for-4 with two runs and one stolen base. PikeView is undefeated when Tolliver posts two or more runs, but 8-10 otherwise. Another player making a difference was Eli Naylor, who went 1-for-3 with one stolen base and two RBI.

PikeView kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 13 hits. They are 6-1 when they post 11 or more hits.

PikeView pushed their record up to 14-10 with the win, which was their third straight at home. The home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.3 runs on average over those games. As for Princeton, their loss dropped their record down to 4-23.

PikeView wasted no time getting back out on the field and has already played their next game, a 7-0 win against James Monroe on the 7th. As for Princeton, they will face off against Summers County at 5:30 p.m. on Friday.