It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Victoria West can now relate to. They fell just short of the Palmview Lobos by a score of 1-0 on Thursday.
For Palmview's part, the result came thanks to Herminio Gonzalez's shutout, as he gave up just four hits. Gonzalez has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in six consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Palmview's win was truly a team effort as six different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Adrian Garza, who went 2-for-4 with an RBI.
Victoria West's defeat dropped their record down to 17-14. As for Palmview, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 18 of their last 19 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 27-3-1 record this season.
While Victoria West 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 4:00 p.m. on Saturday.
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