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| 04/18/24 - Away | 5-8 L |
| 04/11/19 - Away | 9-6 W |
| 03/20/19 - Home | 1-5 L |
| 03/02/19 - Neutral | 6-9 L |
| 03/27/18 - Home | 2-10 L |
| + 5 more games |
Pine Crest and Cardinal Gibbons are an even 5-5 against one another since February of 2016, but likely not for long. The Panthers will square off against the Chiefs at 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Pine Crest's pitching crew has only allowed 4.1 runs per game this season, so Cardinal Gibbons' hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Pine Crest proved they can win big on Tuesday (they won by six) and on Thursday they proved they can win the close ones too. They had just enough and edged out Saint Andrew's 5-3. The Panthers haven't had any issues with the Scots recently, as the game was their fourth consecutive win against them.
Brady Bushnell looked comfortable as he pitched four innings while giving up just one earned run off four hits. He has been consistent for a while: he hasn't given up more than two walks in nine consecutive appearances.
On the hitting side, Pine Crest's victory was truly a team effort as six different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Cole Kaplan, who went 1-for-3 with two RBI, one run, and one double. That's the most RBI Kaplan has posted since back in February.
Meanwhile, Thursday just wasn't the day for Cardinal Gibbons' offense. They fell just short of West Broward by a score of 2-0 on Thursday. That's two games in a row now that the Chiefs have lost by exactly two runs.
This is the second loss in a row for Cardinal Gibbons and nudges their season record down to 10-13. Even worse, they were so close both times: the defeats came by an average of only two runs. As for Pine Crest, their win bumped their record up to 10-8.
Pine Crest came up short against Cardinal Gibbons when the teams last played back in April of 2024, falling 8-5. Can the Panthers avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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