It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Faith Lutheran can now relate to. They fell 7-4 to the Reno Huskies on Friday. Unfortunately, that's the second time they've come up short against the Huskies this season, as they also lost their prior matchup 5-0 back in March.
Keegan Burke was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he tossed five innings while giving up just one earned run off four hits. That's the fewest earned runs he has allowed since back in April.
At the plate, Macen Collura was cooking despite his team's loss, going a perfect 3-for-3 with two runs and one triple. The team also got some help courtesy of Kingston Kela, who went 2-for-4 with one triple and two RBI.
This is the second loss in a row for Faith Lutheran and nudges their season record down to 22-18. Admittedly, the team was facing some tough opposition over that stretch, including 24-7 Basic (their opponents had an average overall winning percentage of 71.6% over those games). As for Reno, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 27-14.
Faith Lutheran does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Reno, they will take on Basic at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. The Huskies' pitchers better be ready for this one: the Wolves have averaged an impressive 7.2 runs per game this season.
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