Softball Game Recap: Ballinger Bearcats vs. Merkel Badgers

Ballinger was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their seventh straight loss. They wound up on the wrong side of a tough 10-2 walloping at the hands of the Merkel Badgers. The result was an unpleasant reminder to Ballinger of the 3-1 defeat they experienced in the pair's previous head-to-head fixture back in March of 2022.

Ballinger saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Ava Aguilera, who went 1-for-3 with an RBI.

Ballinger's loss dropped their record down to 5-14. As for Merkel, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 12-6-1 record this season.

While Ballinger had to take the loss, they won't have to wait long to give it another shot: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday.

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