The win streak came to an end for the Mathews High School varsity baseball team, as the boys left Dream Fields in Kilmarnock last week with a pair of losses in the Lancaster High School Tournament.

The Devils headed into the Lancaster tournament with a six-game win streak, but they couldn’t keep the momentum going over spring break, falling to Northumberland, 6-4, last Thursday and to Lancaster by a 5-2 margin Saturday.

The first game’s outcome came as a surprise, since Blue Devils had beaten the Northumberland Indians by scores of 14-4 and 1-0 in their first two matchups. The third time around it was a different story, as the Indians jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the second inning.

Mathews was able to battle back to take a 4-3 lead in the top of the sixth inning, taking advantage of two walks, a hit by pitch, followed by a two-run single by Paul Burnette and a two-RBI double by Taiwan Forrest. This would be the only offense supplied by the Devils in the game.

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