It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact North East can now relate to. They lost 7-0 to the Mercyhurst Prep Lakers on Tuesday. The game marked the first time this year in which North East was not able to get on the board.
For Mercyhurst Prep's part, they got a great performance from Hunter Krahe as he didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out seven over 6.1 innings pitched. Krahe has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in four consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Josh Majczyk was excellent, scoring two runs and stealing a base while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Tanner Ashton, who scored two runs and stole a base.
North East has been struggling recently as they've lost nine of their last ten contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 4-12 record this season. As for Mercyhurst Prep, the victory (which was their fourth in a row) raised their record to 17-4.
North East does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Mercyhurst Prep, they will take on Titusville at 2:00 p.m. on Friday. Mercyhurst Prep is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7 runs per game this season.
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