Baseball Recap: Eagle sees their postseason come to a close

By Team Reports May 7, 2024, 10:09pm

Baseball Recap: Eagle Mustangs vs. Middleton Vikings

It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Eagle can now relate to. They fell 5-2 to the Middleton Vikings on Tuesday. Eagle's defeat signaled the end of their three-game winning streak.

Eagle saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Adam Fulton, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.

On Middleton's side, Treyton Swygart made a splash no matter where he played. On the mound, he struck out eight batters over seven innings while giving up just two earned runs off five hits (and only one walk). Swygart has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in five consecutive pitching appearances. Swygart was also big at the plate, going 1-for-2 with a home run.

In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Ryan Collins, who went 1-for-3 with a triple, two RBI, and a run.

Eagle's loss dropped their record down to 19-3. As for Middleton, they pushed their record up to 21-4 with that victory, which was their fifth straight at home.

While Eagle had to take the loss, they won't have to wait long to give it another shot: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday.

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