It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Columbus had no problem doing just that on Tuesday. They beat the Western Wildcats by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 3-2. Winning may never get old, but Columbus sure is getting used to it with their third in a row.
Columbus got a great performance from Mathew Rios as he struck out seven batters over six innings while giving up just two earned runs off six hits. Rios has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in six consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Columbus saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jose Correa, who scored a run while going 2-for-4.
On Western's side, Aiden Andreu made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and went 2-for-3 with two doubles and an RBI.
Columbus has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 12 of their last 14 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 20-6 record this season. As for Western, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 19-10.
Columbus will head out on the road to challenge West Broward at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. The pair have allowed few runs on average, (Columbus: 2.8, West Broward: 3) so any runs scored will be well earned. Western does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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