After flying high against Leto last Thursday, East Bay came back down to earth. The East Bay Indians lost 12-5 to the Durant Cougars on Thursday. The Indians were not able to make up for their defeat to the Cougars from their previous meeting back in April of 2024.
Molly Johnson was cooking despite her team's loss, scoring a run while going 2-for-3. Jessalyn Lugo was another key player, going 1-for-4 with three RBI and one double.
East Bay's loss ended a seven-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 2-3. A key ingredient in that success has been their performance when it comes to strikeouts: they averaged an imposing 10.29 strikeouts in those games compared to only 2.25 in the others. As for Durant, they now have a winning record of 3-2.
Coming up, East Bay will square off against Sickles at 3:00 p.m. on Friday. East Bay has given up an average of 7.8 runs per game this season, so hopefully the team got some pitching drills in this week. As for Durant, a feisty cat fight will be fought as Durant Cougars take on Plant Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on March 13th.
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