It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Palmer Trinity can now relate to. They fell just short of the True North Classical Academy Titans by a score of 3-1 on Friday. Unfortunately, that's the second time they've come up short against the Titans this season, as they also lost their prior matchup 3-0 two weeks ago.
Palmer Trinity saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Kevin Prieto, who went 2-for-3 with one triple and one run. That triple marked the first that Prieto has hit this season.
Palmer Trinity's defeat was their third straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 22-6. Those road losses can't be blamed on the team's pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.3 runs on average over those games. As for True North Classical Academy, the win (which was their seventh in a row) raised their record to 18-7.
While Palmer Trinity had to take the loss, they won't have to wait long to give it another shot: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday.
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