It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Penn can now relate to. They fell just short of the Concord Minutemen by a score of 4-3 on Saturday. Penn's defeat signaled the end of their three-game winning streak.
For Concord's part, Braedon Messenger spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered just two earned (and one unearned) runs on ten hits.
At the plate, Troy Deaton and Noah Norwood did most of the damage at the plate: Deaton scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-1, while Norwood scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-3.
Penn's loss ended a five-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 18-9. As for Concord, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 18-10 record this season.
Penn does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Concord, they are on the road again on Monday to play Goshen at 11:00 a.m. Goshen will be hoping to continue their five-game streak of scoring more runs each contest than the last.
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