It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Prairie View had no problem doing just that on Saturday. They beat the Cherokee Trail Cougars by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 5-2. The win made it back-to-back victories for Prairie View.
Romani Perez spent all nine innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered just two earned runs on four hits.
At the plate, Prairie View's victory was truly a team effort as five different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Noah Hernandez, who scored two runs while going 2-for-3.
On Cherokee Trail's side, Keegan Eberly was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he struck out eight batters over 5.2 innings while giving up just two earned runs off seven hits.
Prairie View's win bumped their record up to 23-5. As for Cherokee Trail, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 19-9.
Prairie View will be staying on the road on Friday to face off against Grandview at 10:00 a.m. Prairie View's pitching crew has only allowed 3.5 runs per game this season, so Grandview's hitters will have their work cut out for them. Cherokee Trail does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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