It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Somerset can now relate to. They lost 9-1 to the Rockport-Fulton Pirates on Friday.
Somerset saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Eleazar Hernandez, who went 2-for-3 with an RBI.
On Rockport-Fulton's side, Sean Howell made a big impact while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he didn't allow a single earned run while striking out 13 over seven innings pitched. Howell has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than seven innings in three consecutive pitching appearances. Howell was also big at the plate, going 2-for-4 with three RBI and a double.
In other batting news, Dawson Phillips and Isaiah Elizondo did most of the damage at the plate: Phillips scored three runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3, while Elizondo went 3-for-4 with a triple, a double, and an RBI. Another player making a difference was Jaxon Keown, who went 2-for-4 with a triple, a run, and an RBI.
Somerset's defeat dropped their record down to 18-11. As for Rockport-Fulton, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 20-11 record this season.
While Somerset had to take the loss, they won't have to wait long to give it another shot: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday.
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