Baseball Recap: Petal Falls Short of Oak Grove in the Playoffs

It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Petal can now relate to. They fell just short of the Oak Grove Warriors by a score of 6-4 on Saturday. The Panthers have struggled against the Warriors recently, as the game was their fifth consecutive lost meeting.

Cooper Giger was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he struck out seven batters over 5.1 innings while giving up just one earned run off one hit. That's the fewest hits he has allowed since back in March.

On the hitting side, Petal saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Layne Adams, who went 1-for-3 with one stolen base and two RBI. That hit marked the first that Adams has got this season.

Petal's loss dropped their record down to 18-11. As for Oak Grove, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 17 of their last 18 matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 26-5 record this season.

As of now, neither Petal nor Oak Grove have any future games scheduled.