It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact American Heritage can now relate to. They fell just short of the Green River Pirates by a score of 4-2 on Friday. Having soared to a lofty 15 runs in the game before, the Patriots couldn't push the score so high this time.
Alex Eggertsen made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-3. What's more, he also posted a .667 batting average, which is the highesthe's posted since back in October of 2023. Matthew Lake was another key player, going 2-for-3 with a stolen base, a double, and an RBI.
Even though they lost, American Heritage didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with nine strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Green River only tossed four.
American Heritage's defeat ended a five-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 12-8. As for Green River, their win ended a five-game drought on the road and puts them at 5-11.
As of now, neither American Heritage nor Green River have any future games scheduled.
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