It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Wells can now relate to. They fell 9-5 to the Smith Valley Bulldogs on Friday. The Leopards were not able to repeat the success they had when they faced the Bulldogs earlier this season, when they won 7-4.
Charley Peterson was cooking despite his team's loss, going 2-for-3 with two RBI, one run, and one double.
This is the second loss in a row for Wells and nudges their season record down to 28-8. Admittedly, the team was facing some tough opposition over that stretch, including 22-5 Indian Springs (their opponents had an average overall winning percentage of 79.9% over those games). As for Smith Valley, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 18-5.
Wells does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Smith Valley, they will square off against Indian Springs at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. The Thunderbirds' pitching crew has only allowed 3.4 runs per game this season, so the Bulldogs' hitters will have their work cut out for them.
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