Baseball Recap: Rouse Takes a Tough Playoff Loss

It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Rouse can now relate to. They fell 7-2 to the Smithson Valley Rangers on Thursday. Unfortunately, that's the first time they've come up short against the Rangers this season, with their most recent defeat being a 3-2 loss on Thursday.

This is the second loss in a row for Rouse and nudges their season record down to 22-9-2. As for Smithson Valley, the victory was the fifth in a row for them, bringing their record up to 18-9.

The teams didn't have to wait long for a rematch: Rouse beat the Rangers by a score of 8-5 later that day.