After flying high against Mather on Tuesday, Elmwood Park came back down to earth. The Tigers fell 6-2 to the Maine East Blue Demons on Saturday. The defeat continues a trend for the Tigers in their meetings with the Blue Demons: they've now lost three in a row.
Elmwood Park got a good showing from Mateo Melich, who pitched three innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits. That's the fewest earned runs Melich has allowed since back in April.
On the hitting side, Elmwood Park saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Leobel Chan, who went 1-for-3 with one triple and one RBI.
Elmwood Park's record is now 11-17-1. As for Maine East, they moved to 9-18 with that win, which also ended their three-game losing streak.
The two teams are set to take part in some playoff action in their next matches. Elmwood Park will square off against Northtown at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. As for Maine East, they will challenge Maine West at 10:30 a.m. on Monday.
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