Culver Academies and New Prairie squared off in some playoff action on Thursday, but Culver Academies had to settle for second. They lost 21-2 to the New Prairie Cougars. The defeat continues a trend for Culver Academies in their matchups with New Prairie: they've now lost seven in a row.
Culver Academies saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jack Quigg, who scored a run while going 1-for-1.
On New Prairie's side, Tyson Greenwood made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he struck out seven batters over five innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off four hits. Greenwood was also big at the plate, going 3-for-3 with four RBI.
In other batting news, New Prairie got a massive performance out of Colin Wind, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3. Another player making a difference was Colin Laskowski, who scored three runs and stole a base while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances.
Culver Academies' loss dropped their record down to 16-7. As for New Prairie, they are on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 11 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 22-5 record this season.
Culver Academies does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for New Prairie, they will be staying on the road on Monday to face off against Knox at 11:00 a.m. New Prairie will be hoping to continue their four-game streak of scoring more runs each game than the last.
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