It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Northern Nash can now relate to. They lost 11-1 to the Croatan Cougars on Saturday. Northern Nash's loss signaled the end of their eight-game winning streak.
Northern Nash saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Dominick Robbins, who went 1-for-2 with an RBI.
On Croatan's side, Liam McFadden made a big impact while hitting and pitching. He struck out nine batters over five innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits. McFadden has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two hits in seven consecutive pitching appearances. McFadden was also solid in the batter's box, going 1-for-3 with three RBI and a triple.
In other batting news, Croatan got a massive performance out of Weston Thomas, who scored three runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3. Another player making a difference was Broderyk Miller, who scored a run and stole a base while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances.
Northern Nash's defeat dropped their record down to 16-8. As for Croatan, they pushed their record up to 19-4 with that win, which was their ninth straight at home.
Northern Nash does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Croatan, they will square off against Hunt on Tuesday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (Croatan: 3, Hunt: 3.7) so any runs scored will be well earned.
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