Booneville is 4-0 against Pine Grove since April of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Monday. The Booneville Blue Devils will be playing at home against the Pine Grove Panthers at 7:00 p.m. Booneville is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 6.4 runs per game this season.
After a string of four wins, Booneville's good fortune finally ran out on Saturday. They wound up on the wrong side of a tough 10-4 walloping at the hands of New Albany.
Booneville saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jacob Matthews, who went 2-for-3 with a home run and two RBI.
Meanwhile, Pine Grove earned a 6-2 victory over Falkner in their second game on Saturday. The win was just what Pine Grove needed coming off of a 12-1 defeat in their prior matchup.
Booneville's loss dropped their record down to 9-13. As for Pine Grove, they are on a roll lately: they've won 17 of their last 18 matches, which provided a massive bump to their 22-8 record this season.
Booneville came out on top in a nail-biter against Pine Grove in their previous matchup back in March, sneaking past 9-8. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Pine Grove's Peyton Cornelius, who went 1-for-4 with a home run. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Booneville still be able to contain Cornelius? There's only one way to find out.
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