The Pleasant Home Eagles will head out to square off against the Pike County Bulldogs at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Pleasant Home will be strutting in after a win while Pike County will be coming in after a defeat.
On Tuesday, Pleasant Home made easy work of Samson and carried off a 12-5 victory. The Eagles have beaten the Tigers the last three times they've met, but they better watch out: this was the closest the Tigers has come to flipping the script.
Andrew Clark made a splash while hitting and pitching. He didn't allow a single earned run while striking out nine over four innings pitched. Those nine strikeouts gave him a new career-high. He was also big at the plate, going 1-for-4 with three RBI and one run.
Jayce Smith
| 02/24/26 vs Samson | 3 |
| 04/15/25 vs Elba | 2 |
| 04/10/25 vs Emmanuel Christian | 2 |
| 02/25/25 @ Goshen | 2 |
| 02/19/26 @ Paxton | 1 |
In other batting news, Jayce Smith was a standout: he went 3-for-4 with two stolen bases, three RBI, and two runs. Those three hits gave him a new career-high. Bodie Dodd was another key player, going 3-for-4 with two runs, one double, and one RBI.
Goshen hit Pike County with a six-run sixth inning on Monday, which goes a long way in explaining the final result. The Bulldogs lost 12-1 to the Eagles. Having soared to a lofty 12 runs in the game before, the Bulldogs couldn't push the score so high this time.
Pike County saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Ben Patterson, who went 1-for-2 with one stolen base and one run. Patterson is crushing it when it comes to stolen bases: he's snagged at least one every time he's taken the field this season.
This is the second loss in a row for Pike County and nudges their season record down to 1-2. As for Pleasant Home, the win got them back to even at 1-1.
Everything went Pleasant Home's way against Pike County in their previous matchup back in March of 2017, as Pleasant Home made off with a 10-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Eagles since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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