Baseball Recap: Mendon Unity comes up short despite Cody Shaffer's strong performance

By Team Reports May 18, 2024, 11:44am

Baseball Recap: Mendon Unity Mustangs vs. West Central co-op [Winchester-Bluffs] Cougars

It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Mendon Unity can now relate to. They fell 8-3 to the West Central co-op [Winchester-Bluffs] Cougars on Saturday. Mendon Unity's defeat signaled the end of their three-game winning streak.

Cody Shaffer was huge while hitting and pitching even without the win. He struck out ten batters over five innings while giving up just two earned runs off three hits. Shaffer has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than seven strikeouts in five consecutive pitching appearances. Shaffer was also solid in the batter's box, scoring two runs and stealing three bases while going 1-for-4.

Shaffer wasn't the only one making solid contact as three players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Sawyer Allen, who went 1-for-3 with two RBI.

Mendon Unity's loss dropped their record down to 19-6. As for West Central co-op [Winchester-Bluffs], they pushed their record up to 17-7 with that win, which was their third straight on the road.

As of now, neither Mendon Unity nor West Central co-op [Winchester-Bluffs] have any future games scheduled.

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