It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Clarion-Limestone can now relate to. They fell just short of the Redbank Valley Bulldogs by a score of 3-2 on Thursday. Clarion-Limestone was red-hot at the plate headed into the match (they scored no less than ten runs in the three contests prior) but Redbank Valley's pitchers proved too tough.
Clarion-Limestone saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Tommy Smith, who went 1-for-3 with a stolen base. Smith has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts in four consecutive pitching appearances.
Clarion-Limestone's defeat dropped their record down to 12-6. As for Redbank Valley, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 13-6.
As of now, neither Clarion-Limestone nor Redbank Valley have any future games scheduled.
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