Eagle and Borah squared off in some playoff action on Friday, but Eagle had to settle for second. They fell just short of the Borah Lions by a score of 1-0. Eagle was red-hot at the plate headed into the contest (they scored no less than ten runs in the three matches prior) but Borah's pitcher proved too tough.
Peyton Bargen spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered only one earned run on five hits. She has been consistent recently: she hasn't pitched less than six innings in five consecutive pitching appearances.
On Borah's side, not much got past Megan Meracle, who gave up just one hit and racked up 15 Ks to keep Eagle off the board.
At the plate, Borah's victory was truly a team effort as three different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Halle Fizer, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Eagle's loss dropped their record down to 16-10. As for Borah, they are on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last 11 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 16-9 record this season.
Eagle will be staying on the road on Friday to face off against Owyhee at 1:30 p.m. Eagle is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 8.3 runs per game this season. As for Borah, they will square off against Timberline at 3:45 p.m. on Friday. Each of these teams will be battling to keep a three-game winning streak alive.
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