It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Naples can now relate to. They fell 7-3 to the Northeast Vikings on Tuesday. Naples' defeat signaled the end of their four-game winning streak.
Naples saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was NICO BLANCO, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Even though they lost, Naples didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 13 strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Northeast only tossed six.
On Northeast's side, they got a great performance from Cory Geinzer as he struck out six batters over 6.2 innings while giving up three earned runs off six hits. Geinzer has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts in three consecutive pitching appearances.
Naples' loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 21-8. As for Northeast, they are on a roll lately: they've won 18 of their last 20 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 23-4 record this season.
Naples does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Northeast, they will look to defend their home field on Friday against Parrish Community at 7:30 p.m. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Parrish Community: 2.6, Northeast: 2.6) so any runs scored will be well earned.
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