After a string of 11 wins, Myrtle Beach's good fortune finally ran out on Friday. They fell 2-0 to the Socastee Braves. Myrtle Beach was red-hot offensively headed into the matchup (they scored no less than four goals in the six matches prior) but Socastee's defense proved too tough.
Myrtle Beach was without their leading scorer, Jaheim Watson, in Friday's contest. With Watson sitting this one out, Ricky Escobar got some extra time on the pitch (80 vs. his season average of 36.7).
Myrtle Beach's defeat ended a five-game streak of away wins and brought them to 14-5. As for Socastee, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 10-6 record this season.
Myrtle Beach does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Socastee, they will head out on the road to square off against West Florence at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Socastee is strutting in with some offensive muscle, as they've averaged 2.8 goals per game this season.
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