Baseball Recap: Melrose Takes Down Milton in a Playoff Battle

It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Melrose had no problem doing just that on Monday. They skirted past the Milton Wildcats 3-1. That's more bragging rights for the Red Raiders, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.

Melrose's victory bumped their record up to 13-8. As for Milton, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 10-11.

Coming up, Melrose will take on Somerset Berkley Regional on Wednesday. The Raiders' pitching crew has only allowed 3.3 runs per game this season, so the Red Raiders' hitters will have their work cut out for them. Milton does not have any more games scheduled as of now.