It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Mission Bay can now relate to. They came up short against the Escondido Cougars on Saturday, falling 12-2. The pitching woes were uncharacteristic for the Buccaneers, who until this game were averaging 3.74 runs allowed.
Mission Bay saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Van Playman, who went 2-for-4 with one run.
This is the second loss in a row for Mission Bay and nudges their season record down to 23-8. Admittedly, the team was facing some tough opposition over that stretch, including 22-4-1 Calexico (their opponents had an average overall winning percentage of 78.3% over those games). As for Escondido, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 22-8 record this season.
Mission Bay does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Escondido, they have already played their next matchup, a 6-4 loss against Calexico on the 27th.
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