It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact King can now relate to. They fell just short of the Montesano Bulldogs by a score of 9-8 on Saturday. That's two games in a row now that the Knights have lost by just one run.
King's saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jakob Fowler, who got on base in three of his five plate appearances with one home run, two runs, and two RBI. Another was Nate Echelbarger, who went 2-for-5 with one run and one RBI.
King's dropped their record down to 12-10 with the loss, which was their third straight on the road. Even worse, they were so close so many times: the defeats came by an average of only 1.33 runs. As for Montesano, they are on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 12 matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 22-3 record this season.
As of now, neither King's nor Montesano have any future games scheduled.
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