It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Germantown can now relate to. They fell 10-5 to the Hernando Tigers on Thursday. Germantown's loss signaled the end of their eight-game winning streak.
Germantown saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Addison Lindley, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-4.
On Hernando's side, Olivia Skinner looked comfortable as she pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. Skinner has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't given up more than two walks in four consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Hernando got a big performance out of Hayden Hodge, who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in three of her four plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Katelyn Kirkpatrick, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-5.
Germantown's defeat ended a five-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 19-7. As for Hernando, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 24-7 record this season.
While Germantown had to take the loss, they won't have to wait long to give it another shot: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday.
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