It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Neshaminy can now relate to. They fell just short of the Central Bucks East Patriots by a score of 3-2 on Friday. Neshaminy's loss signaled the end of their nine-game winning streak.
For Central Bucks East's part, Damian Frayne tossed a big game, pitching six innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off four hits. Frayne has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in seven consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Central Bucks East saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Chase Harlan, who scored a run while going 1-for-3. Reece Moody was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing a base while getting on base in two of his four plate appearances.
Neshaminy's defeat ended a five-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 18-3. As for Central Bucks East, they have been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 16-6 record this season.
Neshaminy has the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome Spring-Ford at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The pair have allowed few runs on average, (Spring-Ford: 3.8, Neshaminy: 2.9) so any runs scored will be well earned. As for Central Bucks East, they will head out on the road to challenge Downingtown West at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Central Bucks East is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.4 runs per game this season.
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