Baseball Recap: Manteca Takes a Tough Playoff Loss

Despite a phenomenal run in the regular season, Manteca couldn't carry that success into this playoff game. They fell just short of the West Park Panthers by a score of 10-9 on Friday. The pitching woes were uncharacteristic for the Buffaloes, who until this contest were averaging 3.86 runs allowed.

Manteca got a big performance out of Devon Richardson, who got on base in four of his five plate appearances with three runs and one RBI. Another player making a difference was Preston Smith, who got on base in three of his five plate appearances with three runs.

Buffaloes

Previous 5 Games

05/09/25 vs West Park	9-10
05/07/25 vs Rio Americano	7-1
04/25/25 @ East Union	8-5
04/23/25 vs East Union	6-2
04/21/25 @ East Union	4-5

Manteca moved to 21-8 with that defeat, which also ended their three-game winning streak. As for West Park, the victory (which was their fifth in a row) raised their record to 24-6.

Manteca does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for West Park, they will challenge Yuba City at 4:00 p.m. on Monday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (the Panthers 4, the Honkers 3.8) so any runs scored will be well earned.