It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but South Portland had no problem doing just that on Tuesday. They came out on top against the Deering Rams by a score of 6-2. The win was familiar territory for South Portland who now have three in a row.
For Deering's part, they saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Avery Lawrence, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3. Lawrence has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in five consecutive pitching appearances.
South Portland has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 10-6 record this season. As for Deering, their loss dropped their record down to 6-11.
South Portland is on the road again on Thursday to play Falmouth. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (South Portland: 3.9, Falmouth: 1.2) so any runs scored will be well earned. Deering does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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