After flying high against Metro Tech last Thursday, Fairfax came back down to earth. The Stampede lost 13-2 to the McClintock Chargers on Tuesday. The Stampede were red-hot at the plate heading into the game (they scored no less than ten runs in the four matchups prior), but the Chargers' pitchers proved too tough.
Emma Saiz put in work while hitting and pitching. She pitched 2.2 innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. That's the fewest hits she has allowed since back in February. She was also big at the plate, scoring a run while going 3-for-3.
Saiz wasn't the only one making solid contact as two players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Ana Lopez, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with two RBI.
Fairfax's defeat was their first in the region, dropping their region record down to 4-1 and their overall record down to 9-4. As for McClintock, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 7-3.
The teams didn't have to wait long for a rematch: the Chargers beat Fairfax by a score of 11-3 on Thursday.
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