It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Easley can now relate to. They fell just short of the Laurens Raiders by a score of 3-2 on Monday. Easley's loss signaled the end of their four-game winning streak.
Walker Cox was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit over five innings pitched.
On the hitting side, Easley saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Kaleb Owens, who scored no runs while going 1-for-3.
Easley's defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 25-5. As for Laurens, they pushed their record up to 22-6 with that win, which was their sixth straight at home.
While Easley 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 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
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