The matchup between Vel Phillips Memorial and Madison West on Thursday hardly resembled the 2-1 effort from their previous meeting. The Spartans fell just short of the Regents by a score of 10-9. The pitching woes were uncharacteristic for the Spartans, who until this contest were averaging 3.05 runs allowed.
Oliver Soldat made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and went 1-for-4 with two runs, one double, and one RBI. Tyler Craig also deserves some recognition as he scored his first runs of the season.
Vel Phillips Memorial's defeat dropped their record down to 16-5-1. As for Madison West, the win (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 9-15.
While Vel Phillips Memorial 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 5:00 p.m. on Friday.
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