Pirates stun Pine Prairie in first round

The Kaplan Pirates advanced to the second round of the Class 3A Baseball Playoffs with somewhat of an upset win.
The No. 18 Pirates scored two runs in the top of the seventh frame for a 3-1 victory over No. 15 Pine Prairie on Monday.
Kaplan moves on to battle No. 2 South Beauregard in the second round. South Beauregard beat No. 31 St. Martinville, 9-0, on Monday.
The Pirates and South Beauregard will meet Friday at 6 p.m. in the first game of a three-game series.
The two teams play the second game at 1 p.m. on Saturday and 3:30 p.m. if needed.
Kaplan head coach Tyler Domingue said, “It feels to good to get the win,” said Domingue. “This groups of kids has really impressed me with the way they have played the past 10 games.”
The game was tied at one with the Pirates batting in the top of the seventh when Reece Hardee doubled on a 0-2 count, scoring two runs.
Payton Ford and Grant Campbell scored on Hardee’s double. Both players singled to get on base.
It was also Hardee’s only hit of the game.
Ford, on the other hand, had three hits and Logan Hebert had two.
Canden Campisi had a solo home run for KHS in the fourth inning.
The pitching was strong on both sides. Peyton Ford struck out seven, while Pine Prairie’s pitcher fanned 12 Kaplan batters.
Ford took the win for the Pirates. The pitcher surrendered one run on five hits over seven innings, striking out seven and walking zero.