On Thursday, it was a hard-fought matchup, but the Park Center/Columbia Heights/Maranatha Pirates had to settle for a 5-4 defeat against the Belle Plaine Tigers.
Park Center/Columbia Heights/Maranatha got a good showing from Cooper Peterson, who pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Peterson has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two hits every time he's pitched this season.
At the plate, Park Center/Columbia Heights/Maranatha saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Ty Lovcik, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
Park Center/Columbia Heights/Maranatha dropped their record down to 12-8 with that loss, which was their fourth straight at home. As for Belle Plaine, they are on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 12 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 15-6 record this season.
Park Center/Columbia Heights/Maranatha will head out on the road to take on Rogers at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Park Center/Columbia Heights/Maranatha will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each contest than the last. Belle Plaine does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
