It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Mandeville had no problem doing just that on Thursday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Neville Tigers a 5-0 shutout. The win made it back-to-back victories for Mandeville.
Not much got past Aidan Grab, who gave up just two hits and racked up ten Ks to keep Neville off the board. Grab has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in four consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Mason Hickman was incredible, scoring two runs and stealing three bases while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Peyton Chiasson, who got on base in all three of his plate appearances with a triple and a run.
Mandeville is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 26-7 record this season. As for Neville, their loss dropped their record down to 18-12.
Mandeville will have a chance to go back-to-back against Neville: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 6:30 p.m. on Friday.
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