Pine Forest will challenge Niceville at 6:30 p.m. on Monday. Pine Forest is coming into the contest on a four-game losing streak.
Pine Forest came into this matchup off a tough 17-run loss on Wednesday. This time they kept things ultra-competitive, but unfortunately the final result was the same. They fell just short of Booker T. Washington by a score of 6-4 on Thursday. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest defeat the Eagles have suffered since March 11, 2024.
Trayvian Murdock was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring two runs and stealing four bases while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Niceville is ranked highly in their home state and on Thursday they took on another highly ranked team in the form of Campbellsville. Niceville sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 5-4 win over Campbellsville. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest victory Niceville has posted since March 11th.
Niceville saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Nicholas Gates, who went 1-for-4 with three RBI.
Niceville is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 21-4 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 8.8 runs over those games. As for Pine Forest, their loss dropped their record down to 1-23-1.
Pine Forest might still be hurting after the 22-0 defeat they got from Niceville in their previous meeting two weeks ago. Can Pine Forest avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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