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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