Baseball Recap: Memorial Day comes up short despite Joe Barnes' strong performance

By Team Reports Apr 29, 2024, 1:47pm

Baseball Recap: Memorial Day Matadors vs. Fullington Academy Trojans

It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Memorial Day can now relate to. They lost 14-8 to the Fullington Academy Trojans on Monday. The result was an unpleasant reminder to Memorial Day of the 24-19 loss they experienced in the pair's previous head-to-head fixture back in May of 2023.

Joe Barnes was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring two runs while going 1-for-3.

On Fullington Academy's side, the team relied heavily on Cutter Tharpe, who scored three runs and stole a base while going 2-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Bryson Faulk, who scored three runs and stole a base while going 3-for-4.

Memorial Day now has a losing record at 7-8. As for Fullington Academy, their victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 14-10.

While Memorial Day had to take the loss, they won't have to wait long to give it another shot: the pair will be back at it again later today.

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