NASHUA, N.H. — In June, every mistake gets amplified—especially when you’re facing the top seed in the state.

Timberlane Regional’s baseball team dazzled on defense and kept pace with the Pioneers, but the Owls’ underdog playoff surge ended in the Division I state semifinals, 6-2.

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