It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Hackleburg can now relate to. They fell just short of the Waterloo Cougars by a score of 3-2 on Wednesday. The Panthers were red-hot at the plate heading into the matchup (they scored no less than ten runs in the five games prior), but the Cougars' pitchers proved too tough.
Hackleburg's defeat ended a 21-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 35-10. As for Waterloo, the win (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 24-14.
Hackleburg has already played their next contest, a 13-1 victory against South Lamar on the 8th. As for Waterloo, they also wasted no time getting back out on the field and have already played their next matchup, a 10-0 win against Brilliant on the 7th.
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