It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Linden-Kildare can now relate to. They fell 4-0 to the Kerens Bobcats on Friday. Linden-Kildare's defeat continues a trend for the team, making it three in a row.
For Kerens' part, Kannon Ritchie was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out 13 over 6.1 innings pitched. Ritchie has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two hits in four consecutive pitching appearances. Ritchie was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances.
In other batting news, Andy Conklin and Adrian Solis did most of the damage at the plate: Conklin got on base in three of his four plate appearances with a triple, a stolen base, and an RBI, while Solis scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
Linden-Kildare's loss dropped their record down to 14-8. As for Kerens, the win (which was their 18th in a row) raised their record to 23-5.
Linden-Kildare does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Kerens, they are on the road again on Thursday to play Beckville at 4:30 p.m. Kerens is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 8.7 runs per game this season.
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