Rams
| 05/20/25 vs Bethel Park | 5-4 |
| 05/19/25 vs Greater Latrobe | 8-7 |
| 05/14/25 vs Trinity | 1-0 |
With a playoff win on the line, Pine-Richland rose to the challenge on Tuesday. They narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past the Bethel Park Black Hawks 5-4. The victory was familiar territory for the Rams, who have now won three matches in a row.
Keegan Deihl spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered three earned (and one unearned) runs on three hits and racked up six Ks.
At the plate, Pine-Richland let Logan Plummer and Jake Waddell run wild. Plummer got on base in all three of his plate appearances with three runs and one stolen base, while Waddell went a perfect 2-for-2 with three RBI and one double. That's the most runs Plummer has posted since back in April of 2024. The team also got some help courtesy of Sam Heckert, who went 1-for-2 with two runs, one stolen base, and one double.
Pine-Richland's win bumped their record up to 20-3. As for Bethel Park, with the loss, they broke their nine-game winning streak and moved their record to 17-5.
Bethel Park has already played their next contest, a 5-4 victory against Thomas Jefferson on the 20th. Hopefully Pine-Richland paid attention to the Black Hawks' game: the next time they hit the field, they'll take on the Black Hawks at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
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