It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Hope can now relate to. They fell just short of the Exeter-West Greenwich Scarlet Knights by a score of 2-1 on Friday. Hope just can't catch a break and has now endured five losses in a row.
Raynel Rodriguez was huge while hitting and pitching even without the win. He looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run while striking out six over six innings pitched. Rodriguez has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in three consecutive pitching appearances. Rodriguez was also big at the plate, scoring a run and stealing a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
On Exeter-West Greenwich's side, their win was truly a team effort as two different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was James Smith, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Hope's defeat dropped their record down to 5-14. As for Exeter-West Greenwich, their victory bumped their record up to 13-7.
Hope does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Exeter-West Greenwich, they will square off against Scituate on Tuesday. Exeter-West Greenwich is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.2 runs per game this season.
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