It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Gorham can now relate to. They fell just short of the Scarborough Red Storm by a score of 3-1 on Thursday. Having soared to a lofty 12 runs in the game before, Gorham couldn't push the score so high this time.
For Scarborough's part, they got a great performance from Erik Swenson as he struck out 12 batters over 6.2 innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits. Swenson has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than eight strikeouts in five consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Mason Porter, who scored three runs and stole five bases while going 1-for-2.
Gorham's loss dropped their record down to 10-8. As for Scarborough, the win (which was their tenth in a row) raised their record to 17-1.
As of now, neither Gorham nor Scarborough have any future games scheduled.
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