Walker suffered their closest loss since February 15th on Wednesday. They fell just short of the King's Ridge Christian Tigers by a score of 5-3. The game snapped a strange streak: the last six times these teams have met, it?s been the away team that?s taken home the W.
Tyler Fallmann was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he struck out six batters over 5.1 innings while giving up three earned (and two unearned) runs off seven hits (and only one walk). The dominant performance also gave him a new career-low in walks (one).
On the hitting side, Travis Tatom made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored a run while going 2-for-2. Another player making a difference was Brendan Finger, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-3.
Walker dropped their record down to 4-9 with the defeat, which was their third straight on the road. Even worse, they were so close so many times: the losses came by an average of only 1.33 runs. As for King's Ridge Christian, they are on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 9-3 record this season.
Walker will look to defend their home field on Friday against Paideia at 5:55 p.m. As for King's Ridge Christian, they are taking a road trip to challenge Landmark Christian at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday.
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