The Pine Grove Cardinals have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the North Schuylkill Spartans at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. Pine Grove's pitching crew has only allowed 3.4 runs per game this season, so North Schuylkill's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
It may have taken eight innings to finish the job, but Pine Grove ultimately got the result they hoped for on Saturday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 4-3 victory over Brandywine Heights Area.
The team relied heavily on Carson Lengle, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, North Schuylkill unfortunately witnessed the end of their five-game winning streak on Tuesday. They wound up on the wrong side of a tough 9-1 walloping at the hands of Blue Mountain. The result shouldn't come as a shock considering that's the fewest runs North Schuylkill has scored all season.
North Schuylkill saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jaxson Chowansky, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Pine Grove now has a winning record of 4-3. As for North Schuylkill, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-2.
Pine Grove came out on top in a nail-biter against North Schuylkill in their previous matchup back in May of 2023, sneaking past 4-3. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was North Schuylkill's Jeffrey Markosky, who struck out seven batters over five innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off five hits (and only one walk). Now that he won't be playing on Monday, will it be that much easier for Pine Grove to walk away with another win? There's only one way to find out.
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