On Saturday, Ketchikan faced Colony in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Ketchikan Kings won by a run and slipped past the Colony Knights 11-10. 11 seems to be a good number for Ketchikan as the squad scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.
The team relied heavily on Vienna Pahang, who went 2-for-3 with three RBI, two runs, and a triple. Another player making a difference was Taylor Jackson, who scored a run while going 2-for-4.
On Colony's side, Kaidence Browning was huge while hitting and pitching even without the win. On the mound, she pitched two innings while giving up no earned run off one hit. Browning has been consistent recently: she hasn't given up more than two hits in three consecutive pitching appearances. Browning was also solid in the batter's box, scoring two runs while getting on base in two of her five plate appearances.
In other batting news, Addison Finley made the most of her time at bat despite the final result and scored a run and stole a base while going 3-for-4. Alexis Congdon was another key contributor, scoring two runs while going 2-for-4.
The win made it two in a row for Ketchikan and bumps their season record up to 3-1-2. As for Colony, their loss dropped their record down to 6-6-2.
Ketchikan will head out on the road to face off against Palmer at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. As for Colony, they will get a bit of extra time to process the loss as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Homer at 2:20 p.m. on April 27th. The last three games Colony has played have been within two runs, so don't be surprised if it's a close one.
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