It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Lake Creek had no problem doing just that on Friday. They never let the Shoemaker Wolves onto the board and left with a 10-0 win. Lake Creek's victory was all the more impressive since Shoemaker was averaging only 3.29 runs allowed on the season.
For Shoemaker's part, they saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Gustavo Marquez-Santiago, who went 1-for-3 with a stolen base. Marquez-Santiago has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in three consecutive pitching appearances.
Lake Creek has been performing well recently as they've won 17 of their last 20 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 21-6 record this season. As for Shoemaker, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 19-9.
Lake Creek is on the road again on Saturday to play Georgetown. Both teams will come into the game having just posted big wins, so someone is set to suffer a big change in fortunes. Shoemaker does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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