It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Thousand Oaks can now relate to. They fell just short of the Capistrano Valley Cougars by a score of 2-1 on Thursday. Having soared to a lofty 19 runs in the game before, the Lancers couldn't push the score so high this time.
Claire Kirby put in work while hitting and pitching. On the mound, she tossed three innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits. She has been nothing but reliable: she hasn't given up more than one earned run in five consecutive appearances. She was also big at the plate, going 2-for-3 with one double and one RBI.
Kirby wasn't the only one making solid contact as two players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Morgan Casillas, who went 1-for-3 with one stolen base, one run, and one double.
Thousand Oaks' loss dropped their record down to 19-8-1. As for Capistrano Valley, the win (which was their seventh in a row) raised their record to 17-10.
As of now, neither Thousand Oaks nor the Cougars have any future games scheduled.
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