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Warrriors' Season Ends With Playoff Loss to New Berlin West
The Warriors baseball team's dreams of the state tournament birth ended Monday night with a loss in the sectional final.
After an upset victory over Oak Creek earlier in the day Monday, the Muskego baseball team's season came to an end hours later with a 3-2 loss to New Berlin West in a WIAA sectional semifinal.
The loss came after the fourth-seeded Warriors defeated No. 1 seed Oak Creek in an extra-inning game the sectional semifinal at Whitnall High School.
However, the team was unable to keep the momentum, falling to No. 2 seed New Berlin West in the final.
A nail-bitter throughout, the Warriors entered the sixth inning trailing 2-1, but picked up a run in the top of the sixth, according to WisSports.net.
Tied at two runs in the top of the seventh, the Warriors were threatening with a man in scoring position, but the rally was killed by an inning-ending double play, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
New Berlin West would secure a trip to state with a walk-off single in the bottom half.
Muskego managed only two hits, while Warriors pitchers allowed eight, WisSports.net reported.
New Berlin West (24-5) will face Kettle Moraine at 3:15 p.m. Friday in a state semifinal at Kapco Park.
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