Pikesville High School vs Hereford High School

On April 22, the 5-6 Pikesville Panthers went on the road to take on the 8-3 Hereford Bulls for the second time this season. Over spring break, Hereford won two games, beating C. Milton Wright 17-7 and Oakdale 9-2. Pikesville lost twice last Wednesday at the XPosure tournament at Blandair Park, losing 8-7 against Marriots Ridge and 12-2 against Northern Calvert. Pikesville got out of the gate quickly in the top of the first, as Kairee Williams drove in the game's first run on an RBI single and advancing to third on an error. One pitch later, he scored at Hereford pitcher Jameson Greenwood threw the ball away on a pickoff attempt. Despite the strong start from the Panthers, Hereford's Kreis Metz answered in the bottom half with a three run homer over the center field fence to give Hereford a one-run lead. In the top of the second, Ian Davis from the Panthers got his second single and first RBI of the day as he drove in Richard Carlton on a base hit to left field. After stealing Davis stole second, Kairee Williams picked up two RBIs on a single to left field. Hereford's Willie DeSantis singled in the bottom half, but it was the only run they got in the frame and the Panthers led 5-4. Neither team scored in the third inning, but Spencer Evans drove in two runs on a bases loaded single into center field. An inning later, Max Levin doubled into right field to drive in Michael Payne, scoring his third run of the game. In the bottom of the frame, Leighton Alsip from the Bulls flew out to center field, but drove in Daniel Metz to get Hereford back to just a four run deficit. Pikesville went down 1-2-3 in the top of the sixth and the Bulls only drew one walk in the bottom half, but in the top of the seventh, Ian Davis picked up his fourth single in five at bats to drive in Pikesville's tenth run of the game. The Bulls intentionally walked Michael Hagan to load the bases once again for Spencer Evans, who doubled to center field, driving in his third and fourth RBIs of the game. Hereford's Daniel and Kreis Metz had hard and deeply hit fly balls into the outfield in the bottom of the seventh, but Pikesville's self-dubbed "No Fly Zone" outfield tracked both down, and the game ended with the Panthers taking down the Bulls 12-5. Pikesville's Isaac Garonzik picked up the win, going 5.2 innings, giving up six hits and five runs while getting five strikeouts on 114 pitches. For Hereford, Jameson Greenwood was dealt the loss as he went 4.0 innings and gave up eight hits, seven runs, and three walks. Special shoutouts go to Ian Davis on the Panthers as he went 4/5 at the plate with 2 RBIs and Spencer Evans who went 2/4 with two doubles and four RBIs and who pitched the last 1.1 innings. For Hereford, Kreis Metz was their top hitter with a three run home run, a walk, and a stolen base. Hereford moves to 8-4 on the season and looks ahead to a match up against the Marriots Ridge Mustangs tomorrow while Pikesville, now .500 on the season, will have tomorrow to prepare for a rematch against the Eastern Tech Mavericks on Thursday. Pikesville pitchers Isaac Garonzik and Spencer Evans are featured in the photo with the scoreboard behind them after the game ended.