After a string of three wins, Doherty's good fortune finally ran out on Monday. They fell just short of the Pine Creek Eagles by a score of 3-2. Doherty has not had much luck with Pine Creek recently, as the team's come up short the last five times they've met.
Matthew Dawkins made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-1. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played.
On Pine Creek's side, they got a great performance from Lukas Genin as he struck out seven batters over six innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off three hits.
At the plate, Pine Creek saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Cannon Budge, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Doherty's loss dropped their record down to 7-9. As for Pine Creek, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 13-5 record this season.
Doherty will look to defend their home field on Wednesday against Rampart at 4:00 p.m. Rampart is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.4 runs per game this season. As for Pine Creek, they will look to defend their home field on Wednesday against Liberty at 4:15 p.m. Liberty is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.1 runs per game this season.
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