It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Cactus Shadows can now relate to. They fell 4-1 to the Notre Dame Prep Saints on Saturday. Having soared to a lofty ten runs in the game before, Cactus Shadows couldn't push the score so high this time.
Cactus Shadows got a good showing from Dallas Dunn, who pitched 2.1 innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits. Dunn has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in eight consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Adin Oeltjen was cooking despite his team's loss, going 1-for-3 with a triple and a run.
On Notre Dame Prep's side, they got a great performance from Colten Bott as he didn't allow a single earned run while striking out six over six innings pitched.
At the plate, Notre Dame Prep's victory was truly a team effort as six different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Aaron Kniffin, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-2. Another player making a difference was Todd Stottlemyre Jr, who went 3-for-3 with an RBI.
Cactus Shadows now has a losing record at 13-14-1. As for Notre Dame Prep, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 20-7 record this season.
Cactus Shadows does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Notre Dame Prep, they will look to defend their home field on Monday against Mountain Pointe at 6:00 p.m. Notre Dame Prep is on a ten-game streak of home wins, Mountain Pointe a three-game streak of away wins -- so someone will have to leave a streak behind on the field.
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