It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but North Lamar had no problem doing just that on Thursday. They never let the Van Vandals onto the board and left with a 10-0 victory. North Lamar's win was all the more impressive since Van was averaging only 3.83 runs allowed on the season.
For Van's part, they saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Rawly Hinch, who went 2-for-3 with a double.
The victory (which was North Lamar's third in a row) raised their record to 14-18. As for Van, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 24-10-2.
North Lamar will have a chance to go back-to-back against Van: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
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