Despite a phenomenal run in the regular season, East Lake couldn't carry that success into this playoff game. They took a 6-2 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Sickles Gryphons on Wednesday. Unfortunately, that's the second time they've come up short against the Gryphons this season, as they also lost their prior matchup 6-5 two weeks ago.
Andrew Sheffield was cooking despite his team's loss, getting on base in three of his four plate appearances with two stolen bases and one run.
East Lake's defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 21-9. As for Sickles, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 23-8 record this season.
While East Lake 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 7:00 p.m. on Thursday.
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