It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Umatilla had no problem doing just that on Tuesday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Lake Highland Prep Highlanders a 5-0 shutout. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Umatilla.
Logan Bowling tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run over 4.2 innings pitched. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in three consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Nick Sande, who got on base in all three of his plate appearances with a home run, two runs, and two RBI. Trey Craft was another key contributor, scoring a run while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances.
Even though they lost, Lake Highland Prep didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with eight strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Umatilla only tossed four.
Umatilla has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 18-8 record this season. As for Lake Highland Prep, their loss dropped their record down to 15-11.
As of now, neither Umatilla nor Lake Highland Prep have any future games scheduled.
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