It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Leland can now relate to. They took a 10-7 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Mountain View Spartans on Saturday. Leland's loss continues a trend for the team, making it four in a row.
Brady Hernandez was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring a run and stealing two bases while going 3-for-4. Another player making a difference was Dominic Poole, who scored two runs while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
On Mountain View's side, they got a great performance from Wes Harwell as he struck out six batters over 4.2 innings while giving up just two earned runs off five hits.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Austin Xu, who scored two runs and stole three bases while getting on base in three of his five plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Clay White, who scored a run while going 3-for-4.
Leland's defeat dropped their record down to 15-11. As for Mountain View, the victory was the fourth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 15-13.
Leland does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Mountain View, they will challenge Sequoia at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Mountain View is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.4 runs per game this season.
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