Miscues prove costly as Cougars fall to Bulldogs

By JOSE NEGRON
jnegron@yourmvi.com
Now at the point of the season in which teams are making their final push for the playoffs, it’s common for baseball coaches to refer to games as must-wins.
Teams on the fringe of the postseason focus on playing mistake-free baseball in hopes of getting the chance to compete deeper into May.
The Charleroi Cougars are one of those teams.
Trailing Waynesburg Central for the final playoff spot out of Section 3-3A by two games entering Wednesday, the Cougars were aware they were in must-win mode.
But unfortunately for Luke Mollis’ squad, the mistakes were too much as they suffered a 13-2 loss at the hands of Beth-Center in five innings at Vets Field.
Charleroi (5-8, 3-6) committed seven errors and now sits 2 1/2 games behind the Raiders for fourth place with three section games remaining.

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