Softball Recap: Melissa Cardinals vs. Kingwood Park Panthers
It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Melissa had no problem doing just that on Friday. They narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past the Kingwood Park Panthers 3-2. The victory was nothing new for Melissa as they're now sitting on nine straight.
Alex Starr spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered just two earned runs on four hits and racked up eight Ks.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Kennedy Bradley, who scored a run while going 3-for-4.
Melissa is on a roll lately: they've won 17 of their last 18 games, which provided a nice bump to their 32-2-1 record this season. As for Kingwood Park, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 23-13.
Melissa will be staying on the road on Wednesday to face off against Wakeland at 6:30 p.m. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (Wakeland: 2.8, Melissa: 1.6) so any runs scored will be well earned. Kingwood Park does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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