Baseball Recap: North Lenoir Takes a Tough Playoff Loss

It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact North Lenoir can now relate to. They came up short against the East Carteret Mariners on Thursday, falling 12-1. Unfortunately, that's the second time they've come up short against the Mariners this season, as they also lost their prior matchup 7-1 back in March.

North Lenoir saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Ethan Smith, who went 2-for-3 with one stolen base, one run, and one double.

North Lenoir's defeat dropped their record down to 15-9. As for East Carteret, the victory keeps they at an undefeated 26-0.

As of now, neither North Lenoir nor the Mariners have any future games scheduled.