It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Indian Creek can now relate to. They fell just short of the West Branch Warriors by a score of 4-2 on Friday. Indian Creek's loss signaled the end of their seven-game winning streak.
Sylus Hyde spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered just two earned (and two unearned) runs on six hits.
On the hitting side, Indian Creek saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Ty Householder, who went 1-for-3 with a triple. Another player making a difference was Landon Pownall, who scored a run and stole a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Indian Creek's defeat ended a five-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 20-7. As for West Branch, they are on a roll lately: they've won 13 of their last 14 games, which provided a nice bump to their 28-6 record this season.
Indian Creek does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for West Branch, they will square off against Badin at 10:00 a.m. on Sunday. The pair have allowed few runs on average, (West Branch: 2.8, Badin: 2.4) so any runs scored will be well earned.
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