Baseball Recap: Lincoln Falls Short of Pleasant Grove in the Playoffs

It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Lincoln can now relate to. They fell just short of the Pleasant Grove Eagles by a score of 13-11 on Wednesday. The Trojans were not able to repeat the success they had when they faced the Eagles earlier this season, when they won 8-3.

Lincoln got a good showing from Cooper Conklin, who tossed 2.1 innings while giving up just one earned run off one hit. Conklin has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up a single walk in three consecutive appearances.

Dylan Patten

Runs

03/22/25 vs Turlock	3
03/08/25 vs Pitman	3
05/07/25 vs Pleasant Grove	2
04/18/25 @ Del Oro	2
04/04/25 @ Kimball	2
+ 9 more games

On the hitting side, Dylan Patten and Brady Dobson did some serious damage despite the final result: Patten got on base in four of his five plate appearances with two runs and two RBI, while Dobson went 2-for-4 with three RBI, one stolen base, and one double. Lincoln is 5-1 when Patten posts two or more runs, but 11-12 otherwise.

This is the second loss in a row for Lincoln and nudges their season record down to 16-13. Admittedly, the team was facing some tough opposition over that stretch, including 20-7 St. Mary's (their opponents had an average overall winning percentage of 67.4% over those games). As for Pleasant Grove, the victory (which was their fifth in a row) raised their record to 17-11.

Lincoln does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Pleasant Grove, they will challenge St. Mary's at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. The Eagles' pitchers better be ready for this one: the Rams have averaged an impressive 7.1 runs per game this season.