It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Salem had no problem doing just that on Thursday. They had just enough and edged out the Booneville Bearcats 5-3. Five seems to be a good number for the Greyhounds as the team scooped up a win with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Salem has been performing well recently as they've won 11 of their last 13 matches. That's provided a nice bump to their 15-3 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 10.2 runs over those games. As for Booneville, the loss snapped their winning streak at three games and leaves them with a 15-8 record.
Salem has already played their next contest (against Genoa Central), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Booneville does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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