Pirates fall to Pleasant Grove in playoffs

By ELLIS KNOX reporter@campcountynow.com

The Pirates amazing comeback from fourth place tomove into the regional playoffs was an amazing feat for an amazing team. However, their district nemesis the Pleasant Grove Hawks once again was able to dominate play. The Hawks are an excellent team and will go far the rest of this playoff season. It was superior pitching fromPleasant Grove that held the Pirates to only one run in the best of two of three games. Game One The first game was held in Pleasant Grove High School, in Texarkana, the Pirates managed only three hits against the Hawks’ pitching. Brett McGee pitched six innings for the Pirates, threw 100 pitches, of which 60 were strikes, tossed 19 first strike pitches, and stuck out two. He gave up four runs, on five hits, his strike percentage was an excellent .600 percent.

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