The Pinewood Prep Panthers will challenge the Porter-Gaud Cyclones at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Pinewood Prep is coming into the contest hot, having won their last six games.
Pinewood Prep is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They blew past Porter-Gaud 18-4 on Wednesday. Considering the Panthers have won eight matchups by more than nine runs this season, Wednesday's blowout was nothing new.
Brian Shelton looked comfortable as he pitched 2.2 innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than one walk in six consecutive appearances.
At the plate, Pinewood Prep got a massive performance out of AJ Marte, who fired off three home runs and four RBI while going 4-for-5. The dominant performance gave Marte a new career-high in home runs. Another player making a difference was Grady Fuller, who scored four runs and stole Three bases. while getting on base in all five of his plate appearances.
Pinewood Prep always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .568. That was just more of the same: they've now posted an OBP of .500 or higher in four consecutive games.
Pinewood Prep's win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 10-2. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.3 runs on average over those games. As for Porter-Gaud, they have traveled a rocky road recently, having lost three of their last four contests. That's put a noticeable dent in their 3-3 record this season.
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