It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Hernando can now relate to. They fell just short of the Umatilla Bulldogs by a score of 3-1 on Tuesday. Having soared to a lofty 11 runs in the game before, the Leopards couldn't push the score so high this time.
Hernando saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Cody Whitelaw, who went 1-for-2 with two stolen bases and one run.

Leopards
05/06/25 @ Umatilla | 1-3 |
05/05/25 @ Umatilla | 11-1 |
05/01/25 vs The Villages Charter | 11-8 |
04/30/25 @ The Villages Charter | 2-0 |
04/29/25 @ The Villages Charter | 5-6 |
With the defeat, Hernando broke their three-game winning streak and moved their record to 19-15. As for Umatilla, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matches. That's provided a nice bump to their 19-15 record this season.
While Hernando had to take the loss, they won't have to wait long to give it another shot: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday.
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