Despite a phenomenal run in the regular season, Flour Bluff couldn't carry that success into this playoff game. They fell just short of the Palmview Lobos by a score of 6-4 on Saturday. Unfortunately, that's the fourth time they've come up short against the Lobos this season, with their most recent loss being a 4-3 defeat on Friday.
Santiago Sutil was cooking despite his team's loss, going 2-for-4 with one triple, one run, and one RBI. That triple marked the first that he has hit this season.
This is the second loss in a row for Flour Bluff and nudges their season record down to 24-11-1. Even worse, they were so close both times: the defeats came by an average of only 1.5 runs. As for Palmview, they are on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last 11 matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 24-7-2 record this season.
Flour Bluff does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Palmview, they will take on Rowe on Saturday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (the Lobos 2.6, the Warriors 3.2) so any runs scored will be well earned.
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