It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Eastern Randolph can now relate to. They fell just short of the Cherryville Ironmen by a score of 3-2 on Friday. Having soared to a lofty ten runs in the game before, Eastern Randolph couldn't push the score so high this time.
Eastern Randolph saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Payton Hill, who went 1-for-3 with an RBI.
Even though they lost, Eastern Randolph didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 12 strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Cherryville only tossed two.
Eastern Randolph's loss dropped their record down to 12-8. As for Cherryville, the win was the 12th in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 22-2.
Eastern Randolph does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Cherryville, they will head out on the road to take on Robbinsville at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. Robbinsville is on a nine-game streak of home wins, Cherryville a four-game streak of away wins -- so someone will have to leave a streak behind on the field.
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