It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Punxsutawney can now relate to. They fell just short of the Avonworth Antelopes by a score of 5-3 on Monday. Punxsutawney's loss signaled the end of their four-game winning streak.
Punxsutawney saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Coy Martino, who scored a run while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. Martino has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two hits in three consecutive pitching appearances.
On Avonworth's side, Jacob Hanny tossed a big game, tossing 4.1 innings while giving up just two earned runs off five hits.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Mason Metz, who scored a run and stole a base while going 3-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Brandon Sapolsky, who scored two runs while going 2-for-4.
Punxsutawney's defeat ended a 12-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 17-4. As for Avonworth, they pushed their record up to 21-8 with that victory, which was their seventh straight at home.
Punxsutawney does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Avonworth, they will challenge Neumann-Goretti at 1:30 p.m. on Friday. Neumann-Goretti is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.2 runs per game this season.
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