Pin Oak v Pershing

Pin Oak and Pershing Middle School baseball teams battled it out on the field in a game played at Episcopal High School. Pershing won 6-1, with eighth grader Lawson Behan striking out 13 batters. Families and fans enjoyed watching the Chargers play the Pandas, in a traditional neighborhood rivalry. The Pin Oak players are (back row, from left): Coach Carson Mize, Coach Nelson Fujiwara, Halen Thestrup, Sully Mulcahy, Harris Mann, Patrick Albright, Caleb Carter, Jackson Detoto, Jayden Montoya, Gabriel Turley, Milan Shultz, Austin Graf, Bode Bromley, Cooper Bayne, Reid Sasser; (front row, from left): Connor Welch and Oliver Broach. The Pershing players are (back row, from left): Michael Chin, Adam Wilson, Marshall Smith, Lawson Behan, Jack Stanger, Bryce Bloom-Timmins, Jackson Ryals, Ben Marshall, Bradon Payne, and Coach Sherman Parker; (front row, from left): Rodrick Brown, Kyle Behan, Kevin Creed, and Michael Creed. 

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