With a playoff game on the line, Osceola rose to the challenge on Tuesday. They had just enough and edged the Tohopekaliga Tigers out 5-4. That's more bragging rights for Osceola, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
Osceola's win was truly a team effort as six different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Jason Ramos, who scored two runs while going 1-for-4.
On Tohopekaliga's side, Tyler Sheffield was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he struck out ten batters over 5.1 innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits. Sheffield has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in three consecutive pitching appearances.
Even though they lost, Tohopekaliga didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 17 strikeouts. That's the most strikeouts they've managed all season.
Osceola has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a massive bump to their 11-11 record this season. As for Tohopekaliga, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 13-12.
Osceola is on the road again on Thursday to play Harmony at 6:00 p.m. Tohopekaliga does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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