The Langley Blaze head into the post-season on a three-game slide.
The U18 baseball team wrapped up the regular season over the weekend by dropping their final three contests.
The team lost 6-3 to the Abbotsford Cardinals on Friday at Delair Park and then lost 6-2 and 3-1 on Saturday to the Victoria Eagles at Lambrick Park.
Against Victoria, they managed just a combined six hits over the two games.
Langley finished the regular season with a record of 28-16 and they will host a best-of-three playoff series against the Okanagan Athletics (24-20) at McLeod Park this weekend. The winner advances to the provincial championships the following weekend in Victoria.
Langley was up 3-1 against Abbotsford before the Cardinals scored five times in the bottom of the fourth for the 6-3 win.
Brendan Halstrom, Hayden Jaco and Michael Stovman drove in a run apiece for Langley.
Jake Polancic was tagged with the loss, allowing four runs.
The opener against Victoria saw the Blaze manage just four hits and their only offence came on a solo home run from Rhys Cratty and an sacrifice fly from Kristjan Storrie.
Cooper Misic took the loss, allowing four runs.
And game two wasn’t much better for the offence, as they were limited to a pair of hits in a 3-1 loss. The team’s lone run came on a fielder’s choice as Connor Chorpita brought home Yi_Fan Pan.
Both hits were singles by Yi-An Pan and he finished the regular season hitting .395, which was second in the B.C. Premier Baseball League.
Stovman took the loss, allowing just one run and four hits.
