It was a good run, but Madison Christian unfortunately witnessed the end of their five-game winning streak on Wednesday. They fell just short of the Millersport Lakers by a score of 3-2. Madison Christian was red-hot at the plate headed into the matchup (they scored no less than ten runs in the five contests prior) but Millersport's pitchers proved too tough.
For Millersport's part, Kendyl Bonkowski spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered two runs (both of which were unearned) on three hits and racked up 15 Ks. Bonkowski has been consistent recently: she hasn't pitched less than five innings in 11 consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Millersport's win was truly a team effort as four different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Veronica Rarey, who scored a run and stole three bases while going 1-for-2. Rarey has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last eight times she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Alexis Barch, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Madison Christian's loss ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 11-4. As for Millersport, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight games, which provided a massive bump to their 12-6 record this season.
Madison Christian is on the road again on Monday to play Delaware Christian at 5:30 p.m. Millersport does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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