Pine Prairie attempt to comeback against Port Barre falls short

PINE PRAIRIE — It was a nail-biting, down to the wire contest Thursday afternoon when the Pine Prairie Panther baseball team hosted the Port Barre Red Devils in a district 5-3A showdown.
Pine Prairie mounted a valiant seventh inning comeback attempt, but fell just short in a heartbreaking 5-4 loss to Port Barre.
With the loss, the Panthers fall to 10-9 on the season and 2-4 in district play.
It has been a wild week for Pine Prairie, as the game against Port Barre was the third game played by the Panthers in the last four days.
“I am proud of our players,” said Pine Prairie head coach Scott Butts. “These guys did not quit and gave everything to the end. They have done this all season long. It has been a crazy week for us having to play all of those games in a row. Thankfully, we have enough arms to be able to do that.”
In that three game span, the Panthers are 1-2, including a win and an loss to Church Point on Monday and Tuesday.
The Panthers are scheduled to travel to Ville Platte to take on the Bulldogs tomorrow at 4 p.m.
Against the Red Devils, the Panthers put themselves in a hole midway through the contest
Port Barre was able to score three runs in the top of the fourth and a lone run in the top of the fifth.
Meanwhile, Pine Prairie struggled at the plate, as no Panther was able to reach second base in the first six innings of play.
Port Barre added an insurance run in the top of the seventh to make the score 5-0.
However, Pine Prairie refused to go away quietly. The Panthers began a rally in the bottom of the seventh, when lead off batter Logan Blood singled.
The Panthers then strung together four singles in a row to score two runs. A walk issued to Jordan Ardoin and a single off of the bat of Joshua Fontenot plated another run to cut the lead to 5-3, with the bases loaded.
Sylus Carson walked to make the score 5-4, but the Panthers could not plate another run in the game, giving the Red Devils the win.