It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Alexandria-Monroe can now relate to. They fell just short of the Lapel Bulldogs by a score of 4-2 on Thursday. Alexandria-Monroe's defeat signaled the end of their seven-game winning streak.
Brynlee Humphries spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered only one earned (and three unearned) runs on nine hits. She has been consistent recently: she hasn't pitched less than five innings in four consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Alexandria-Monroe saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Stella Griffin, who went 2-for-4 with two RBI.
On Lapel's side, Ava Zdanowski looked comfortable as she tossed 1.2 innings while giving up no earned runs or hits.
Alexandria-Monroe's loss dropped their record down to 17-4. As for Lapel, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 21-5 record this season.
Alexandria-Monroe does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Lapel, they are on the road again on Tuesday to play Madison-Grant at 6:00 p.m. The pair have allowed few runs on average, (Lapel: 3.4, Madison-Grant: 3.9) so any runs scored will be well earned.
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