It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Plainfield can now relate to. They fell just short of the Avon Orioles by a score of 6-5 on Saturday. The Quakers haven't had much luck with the Orioles recently, as the team has come up short the last five times they've met.
Gavin Lykins was huge no matter where he played even without the win. He looked comfortable on the mound, tossing 5.2 innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off three hits. Lykins was also big at the plate, getting on base in three of his five plate appearances with one home run.
Lykins wasn't the only one making solid contact as two players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Ty White, who went 1-for-5 with one run.
Plainfield's defeat dropped their record down to 15-12. As for Avon, the win (which was their fourth in a row) raised their record to 20-11.
As of now, neither Plainfield nor the Orioles have any future games scheduled.
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