It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Colony can now relate to. They lost 8-2 to the University City Centurions on Tuesday. Colony's loss signaled the end of their 19-game winning streak.
Colony got a good showing from Johnny Barrientos, who tossed three innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off two hits. Barrientos has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in five consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Colony saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Connor Rangel, who went 1-for-3 with a stolen base and an RBI.
On University City's side, Garret Gillum made a splash while hitting and pitching. He tossed six innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off seven hits. Gillum was also solid in the batter's box, going 2-for-4 with two RBI and a double.
In other pitching news, Thiago Quillin looked comfortable as he tossed an inning while giving up no earned runs or hits.
Back at the plate, the team relied heavily on Jack Clark, who scored three runs while going 3-for-3. Josh Kaplan was another key contributor, scoring three runs while going 2-for-3.
Colony's defeat ended a nine-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 26-7-1. As for University City, they are on a roll lately: they've won 19 of their last 22 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 28-5 record this season.
Colony does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for University City, they will be staying on the road on Thursday to face off against Chino Hills at 4:00 p.m. Chino Hills is on a seven-game streak of home wins, University City a seven-game streak of away wins -- so someone will have to leave a streak behind on the field.
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