Baseball Recap: Lewisburg Patriots vs. Hernando Tigers
It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Lewisburg can now relate to. They fell 8-5 to the Hernando Tigers on Friday. Lewisburg's loss signaled the end of their four-game winning streak.
Cayden Baker was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he struck out seven batters over five innings while giving up three earned (and one unearned) runs off four hits. He has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in eight consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Lewisburg saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Kody Gilmore, who scored a run while going 1-for-4. Austin Hannigan was another key contributor, going 2-for-3 with an RBI.
Lewisburg's defeat dropped their record down to 24-9. As for Hernando, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 15 of their last 17 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 23-6 record this season.
The teams didn't have to wait long for a rematch: they beat Lewisburg by a score of 3-2.
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