The Bartram Trail Bears will head out to challenge the Columbia Tigers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Bartram Trail will be looking to extend their current three-game winning streak.
Bartram Trail is headed into the matchup having just posted their closest victory since April 2, 2024 on Thursday. They narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past St. Augustine 7-5. Seven seems to be a good number for the Bears as the team scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Jonathan Bay
| 02/20/25 vs St. Augustine | 2 |
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Jonathan Bay was incredible, scoring two runs and stealing three bases while going 2-for-2. Those two runs gave him a new career-high. Landon Tippie was another key player, scoring a run and stealing four bases.
Meanwhile, while it was Columbia who put the first points on the board on Thursday, it was Bishop Snyder who put up more. Columbia fell just short of Bishop Snyder by a score of 4-3.
Bynton Edge was huge no matter where he played even without the win. On the mound, he didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only two hits over 4.2 innings pitched. Edge was also stellar in the batter's box, scoring two runs and stealing four bases while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Edge wasn't the only one making solid contact as two players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Max Shuler, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3. Trayce McKenzie also deserves some recognition as he brought in his first RBI of the season.
Columbia now has a losing record of 2-3. As for Bartram Trail, their win bumped their record up to 3-0.
Bartram Trail came out on top in a nail-biter against Columbia when the teams last played back in February of 2024, sneaking past 6-5. The rematch might be a little tougher for Bartram Trail since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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