It was a good run, but Snowflake unfortunately witnessed the end of their eight-game winning streak on Wednesday. They lost 10-2 to the Tanque Verde Hawks. Snowflake was red-hot at the plate headed into the matchup (they scored no less than ten runs in the 14 contests prior) but Tanque Verde's pitchers proved too tough.
Snowflake saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Livi Schneider, who went 1-for-2 with a triple and two RBI.
On Tanque Verde's side, Claire Achilles made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, she didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit while striking out eight over 4.1 innings pitched. Achilles was also big at the plate, going 2-for-4 with three RBI, a stolen base, and a double.
In other batting news, Paige Hammarstrom was a standout: she scored two runs while going 3-for-4. Another player making a difference was Cassidy Jones, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-2.
Snowflake's loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 22-7-1. As for Tanque Verde, they are on a roll lately: they've won 13 of their last 14 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 19-11 record this season.
Snowflake does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Tanque Verde, they will be staying on the road on Friday to face off against Empire at 8:00 p.m. Empire is on a seven-game streak of home wins, Tanque Verde a five-game streak of away wins -- so someone will have to leave a streak behind on the field.
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