It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Castle View can now relate to. They lost 7-0 to the Monarch Coyotes on Saturday. Castle View's defeat signaled the end of their five-game winning streak.
Castle View saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jay Ronning, who went 1-for-3 with a double.
On Monarch's side, not much got past Charles Pearce, who gave up just three hits and racked up eight Ks to keep Castle View off the board. Pearce has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than six innings in four consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Christian Mittleman was excellent, going 3-for-4 with two runs and a triple. Finn Gardner was another key contributor, going 2-for-4 with three RBI.
Castle View's loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 17-6. As for Monarch, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 12-12 record this season.
As of now, neither Castle View nor Monarch have any future games scheduled.
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