It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Caldwell had no problem doing just that on Thursday. They had just enough and edged the Gatesville Hornets out 3-2. The victory was familiar territory for Caldwell who now have four in a row.
For Gatesville's part, Miles Tull was huge while hitting and pitching even without the win. He looked comfortable on the mound, pitching three innings while giving up no earned runs off three hits. Tull was also big at the plate, scoring a run while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
In other batting news, Lawson Mooney was cooking despite his team's loss, going 2-for-3 with a stolen base and an RBI.
Caldwell has been performing well recently as they've won six of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 19-11-1 record this season. As for Gatesville, their loss dropped their record down to 23-13-1.
Caldwell will have a chance to go back-to-back against Gatesville: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday.
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