It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Manti can now relate to. They lost 8-0 to the Emery Spartans on Thursday. Surprisingly, this marked the Templars' third straight game in which the away team has come away the victor.
Manti saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Zachary Blackham, who went 2-for-3 with one double.
Manti's defeat dropped their record down to 12-12. As for Emery, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 9-17.
While Manti 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 1:00 p.m. on Friday.
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