The Perry Hall Gators will venture away from home to face off against the Pikesville Panthers at 4:00 p.m. on Monday. Neither of those teams managed to put together many runs in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
For whatever reason, it's the away team that's had the advantage when Perry Hall and Sparrows Point meet (four straight games heading into this one) and that held true again on Thursday. The Gators took a 5-2 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Pointers.
Meanwhile, Pikesville fought the good fight in their extra-innings matchup against Eastern Tech on Thursday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Mavericks by a score of 3-2. The game marked the Panthers' lowest-scoring contest so far this season.
Pikesville saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Spencer Evans, who went 2-for-4 with one stolen base. Evans is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as he's now snagged at least one in each of the last three games he's played. Ritchie Carlton also deserves some recognition as he snagged his first stolen base of the season.
Perry Hall now has a losing record of 2-3. As for Pikesville, the defeat snapped their winning streak at three games and leaves them with a 5-3 record.
Perry Hall couldn't quite get it done against Pikesville when the teams last played back in April of 2024 as they fell 8-5. Can the Gators avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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