It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Herscher had no problem doing just that on Saturday. They walked away with a 6-3 win over the Manteno Panthers. Six seems to be a good number for Herscher as the squad scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.
For Manteno's part, Andrew Norred made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and went 2-for-3 with a triple and an RBI.
Herscher is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 22-13 record this season. As for Manteno, their defeat dropped their record down to 19-7.
Herscher will head out on the road to challenge Chicago University at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Herscher has three straight wins, Chicago University has six straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field. Manteno does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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