After a string of six wins, Pine Island's good fortune finally ran out on Saturday. They wound up on the wrong side of a rough 8-0 walloping at the hands of the Perham Yellowjackets. Pine Island was red-hot at the plate headed into the matchup (they scored no less than ten runs in the six matches prior) but Perham's pitchers proved too tough.
Pine Island saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Ivan Loy, who went 2-for-3 with a double.
On Perham's side, not much got past Blaiz Schmidt, who gave up just three hits to keep Pine Island off the board.
Having lost for the first time this season, Pine Island fell to 6-1. As for Perham, their victory was their 12th straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 4-0.
Pine Island will challenge Stewartville at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. Pine Island's pitching crew has only allowed 2.9 runs per game this season, so Stewartville's hitters will have their work cut out for them. As for Perham, they will look to defend their home field in Thursday's first game against Hawley at 4:00 p.m.
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