It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact South Western can now relate to. They fell just short of the Lampeter-Strasburg Pioneers by a score of 6-4 on Monday.
South Western saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Carlos Caraballo, who scored a run and stole a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Ayden McMillion, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
On Lampeter-Strasburg's side, they got a big performance out of Brayden Hart, who went 1-for-4 with a home run and two RBI. Another player making a difference was Logan Leaman, who went 2-for-4 with three RBI and a double.
South Western has been struggling recently as they've lost three of their last four contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 18-4 record this season. As for Lampeter-Strasburg, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 16-8 record this season.
South Western has the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome Palmyra at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. The pair have allowed few runs on average, (South Western: 3.1, Palmyra: 2.8) so any runs scored will be well earned. As for Lampeter-Strasburg, they will be staying on the road on Thursday to face off against Governor Mifflin at 4:30 p.m. Lampeter-Strasburg will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each matchup than the last.
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