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  • With the help of his teammates and some outstanding defense to turn a double play, Pinecrest Academy starting pitcher Sawyer Huffstetler throws a pitch with a 3-2 (three balls and two strikes) count, one out and the bases loaded to get out of a third inning jam. Pinecrest would go on to defeat The Walker School, Marietta, 7-2 in the first game of a March 11 doubleheader. Photo By Michael Alexander
  • Senior first baseman Caleb Bohn slaps his hands together after getting a two-out double during his first-at-bat in the March 11 game against The Walker School in Marietta.
  • Pinecrest Academy right fielder Trip Hochman (#20) takes a lead off of second base during the top of the fourth inning.
  • Pinecrest Academy third baseman Matthew Mapes comes up to bat in the top of the fourth inning. It was his defensive play the inning before that prevented Walker from scoring with the bases loaded and one out. Photo By Michael Alexander
  • Pinecrest Academy right fielder Trip Hochman (#20) rounds third base, approaching home plate, to score the team’s third run of the game during the top of the fourth inning. Looking on from his third base coaching position in the background is Pinecrest head coach Heath Kennedy. Photo By Michael Alexander
  • Hochman slides safely into home plate.
  • The throw to Pinecrest Academy first baseman JoeyKiernan (#16) during the bottom of the seventh inning is not in time, as Walker short stop Gino Groover gets back to the bag. Pinecrest defeated The Walker School 7-2 in the first game of a March 11 doubleheader. Photo By Michael Alexander

With the help of his teammates and some outstanding defense to turn a double play, Pinecrest Academy starting pitcher Sawyer Huffstetler throws a pitch with a 3-2 (three balls and two strikes) count, one out and the bases loaded to get out of a third inning jam. Pinecrest would go on to defeat The Walker School, Marietta, 7-2 in the first game of a March 11 doubleheader. Photo By Michael Alexander

Marietta

Pinecrest and Walker split in baseball doubleheader

After a rainout prevented Pinecrest Academy and The Walker School baseball teams from playing the previous day, they decided to play an evening doubleheader on Walker’s lighted field Wednesday, March 11.

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