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Josh Serio, Whitnall Falcons Cruise in WIAA Regional Baseball Semifinal
The Falcons will face the Greendale Panthers on Friday after the Panthers ended the Greenfield Hustlin' Hawks' season, 6-5, in a regional semifinal Tuesday.
Josh Serio turned in a near-perfect performance while leading the Whitnall Falcons baseball team to a WIAA regional semifinal victory Tuesday.
Serio struck out 14 batters, walked just one and allowed only one hit – a triple by Jason Alvarez – in the Falcons’ 5-0 win over West Allis Central (4-24) at , according to wissports.net.
Alvarez's hit came with two outs and two strikes in the seventh inning, according to Whitnall Athletic Director Rick Elertson.
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Whitnall’s Sam Mentkowski had four of his team’s nine hits and drove in two.
The win advanced fifth-seeded Whitnall (15-10) to the regional final where the Falcons will visit fourth-seeded Greendale Panthers at 5 p.m. Friday, July 13. The Falcons and Panthers split two regular season games in early June.
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Panthers end Hawks' season
The Panthers (16-14) on Tuesday.
The Hawks, who lost twice to the Panthers by an average of 7.5 runs during the regular season, finished 5-23 overall.
Greenfield rallied with two runs in the top of the seventh, but came up just short.
The Hawks’ Travis Hyatt knocked in a pair of runs on two hits.
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