Greenfield-Central and New Palestine squared off in some playoff action on Monday, but Greenfield-Central had to settle for second. They lost 6-0 to the New Palestine Dragons. Greenfield-Central has not had much luck with New Palestine recently, as the team's come up short the last five times they've met.
Greenfield-Central saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Kirk Knecht, who went 1-for-3 with a double.
On New Palestine's side, the result came thanks to Jacob Morris's shutout, as he gave up just two hits.
On the hitting side, Wyatt Matheis and Ben Hirschy did most of the damage at the plate: Matheis scored a run while going 1-for-3, while Hirschy went 1-for-3 with a home run and two RBI. Gavin Neal was another key contributor, going 2-for-2 with a stolen base and an RBI.
Greenfield-Central now has a losing record at 13-14. As for New Palestine, the win was the seventh in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 24-5.
As of now, neither Greenfield-Central nor New Palestine have any future games scheduled.
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