It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Pontotoc can now relate to. They fell just short of Corinth by a score of 5-4 on Saturday. Pontotoc has struggled against Corinth recently, as the game was their third consecutive lost meeting.
Braxton Whiteside was cooking despite his team's loss, going 2-for-4 with two stolen bases and two runs. Another player making a difference was Luke Blanchard, who went 1-for-3 with one run, one double, and one RBI.
Pontotoc's loss dropped their record down to 19-11. As for Corinth, the win (which was their 13th in a row) raised their record to 22-9.
While Pontotoc 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 Monday.
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