It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Alcester-Hudson can now relate to. They lost 11-5 to the Scotland/Menno Trappers on Saturday. That's two games in a row now that Alcester-Hudson has lost by exactly six runs.
Jaeley Christensen was cooking despite her team's loss, scoring a run while going 2-for-3.
Even though they lost, Alcester-Hudson didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with ten strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Scotland/Menno only tossed five.
On Scotland/Menno's side, Olivia Binde made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, she pitched seven innings while giving up three earned (and two unearned) runs off ten hits. Binde has been consistent recently: she hasn't pitched less than five innings in five consecutive pitching appearances. Binde was even better at the plate, going 2-for-4 with two triples, three RBI, and two runs.
In other batting news, Kylie Guthmiller and Trinity Bietz did most of the damage at the plate: Guthmiller went 2-for-4 with a home run, while Bietz scored two runs while going 3-for-4. Kaelie Derby was another key contributor, scoring two runs while going 2-for-4.
This is the second loss in a row for Alcester-Hudson and nudges their season record down to 19-8. As for Scotland/Menno, they have been performing well recently as they've won nine of their last 11 games, which provided a nice bump to their 14-5 record this season.
As of now, neither Alcester-Hudson nor Scotland/Menno have any future games scheduled.
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