Baseball Recap: Eldorado Comes Up Short

It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Eldorado can now relate to. They lost 9-3 to the Wink Wildcats on Thursday. Give some credit to the fans of both teams: the last four times they've met, the home team has come away the winner.

Eldorado has been struggling recently as they've lost eight of their last nine matches. That's put a noticeable dent in their 2-11 record this season. Those defeats can't be blamed on the team's hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 6.3 runs over those games. As for Wink, they have been performing well recently as they've won 11 of their last 14 contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 14-6 record this season.

While Eldorado had to take the loss, they won't have to wait long to give it another shot: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday.