Baseball Recap: West Carteret Comes Up Short

It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact West Carteret can now relate to. They fell 10-6 to Southern Alamance on Friday. The pitching woes were uncharacteristic for West Carteret, who until this match were averaging 3.83 runs allowed.

Lincoln Strump stepped up to lead a balanced group of hitters: he went 3-for-4 with three RBI, one run, and one double. Josh Johnson was another key player, going 1-for-4 with one home run and two runs.

West Carteret's defeat dropped their record down to 14-10. As for Southern Alamance, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 18-6-1.

West Carteret does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Southern Alamance, they didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next contest, a 7-1 victory against Triton on the 14th.