Despite a phenomenal run in the regular season, South Stanly couldn't carry that success into this playoff game. They came up short against the Eastern Randolph Wildcats on Friday, falling 11-2. Having soared to a lofty 13 runs in the game before, the Rowdy Rebel Bulls couldn't push the score so high this time.
South Stanly saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Ayden Russell, who got on base in all four of his plate appearances with one run.
South Stanly's defeat ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 21-7. As for Eastern Randolph, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 13-12-1.
South Stanly does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Eastern Randolph, they will square off against Mountain Heritage on Tuesday. The Wildcats' pitchers better be ready for this one: the Cougars have averaged an impressive 8.2 runs per game this season.
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