Baseball Recap: Pisgah Has No Trouble Against Skyline

Eagles

Previous 5 Games

03/07/25 vs Skyline	17-7
03/06/25 @ Fyffe	3-6
03/03/25 vs Geraldine	7-8
02/27/25 vs Gaylesville	6-2
04/16/24 vs Gaylesville	10-5

Pisgah barely beat Skyline the last time the pair played, but that sure wasn't the case this time around. The Pisgah Eagles blew past the Skyline Vikings 17-7 on Friday. With that victory, the Eagles brought their scoring average up to 8.2 runs per game.

Luke Gilbert and Caleb Jenkins were a major factor no matter where they played. Throwing, Gilbert tossed 1.1 innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. Meanwhile, Jenkins tossed 1.2 innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. Those zero hits allowed gave Gilbert a new career-low. At the plate, Gilbert scored three runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3, while Jenkins scored a run while going 1-for-5.

In other batting news, Pisgah let Mason Gass and L Mccrary run wild. Gass scored a run while going 2-for-3, while Mccrary scored three runs while getting on base in two of his four plate appearances. The dominant performance also gave Gass a new career-high in RBI (two). Another player making a difference was Brooks Garrett, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.

Pisgah was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .419. That's the best batting average they've posted all season.

The win got Pisgah back to even at 2-2. As for Skyline, they are on a seven-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-2.

Pisgah will have a chance to go back-to-back against Skyline: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 4:30 p.m. on Monday.