After soaring to 17 runs the game before, Peninsula was a bit more limited in their match on Saturday. They fell just short of the Prairie Falcons by a score of 2-1. The Seahawks were not able to make up for their loss to the Falcons from their previous meeting back in April of 2024.
Peninsula saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Thomas Marzano, who went 1-for-3 with one stolen base and one RBI. Matthew Saunders also deserves some recognition as he hit his first double of the season.
Even though they lost, Peninsula hit smart and finished the game with only two strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Prairie struck out eight times.
Having lost for the first time this season, Peninsula fell to 4-1-1. As for Prairie, the win got them back to even at 3-3-1.
Coming up, Peninsula will host River Ridge at 4:00 p.m. on Monday. River Ridge has struggled to contain batters this season (they've allowed 7.13 runs per game on average), something Peninsula will no doubt try to take advantage of. As for Prairie, they will head out to take on Columbia River at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Columbia River's pitching crew has only allowed 2.4 runs per game this season, so Prairie's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
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