It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Zionsville can now relate to. They fell just short of the Hamilton Southeastern Royals by a score of 2-0 on Tuesday. Zionsville has not had much luck with Hamilton Southeastern recently, as the team's come up short the last seven times they've met.
For Hamilton Southeastern's part, Zionsville's batters probably weren't too happy with Grace Swedarsky, who pitched a no hitter and racked up 17 Ks (she gave up no walks). Swedarsky has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't pitched less than six innings in five consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Hamilton Southeastern's win was truly a team effort as three different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Keira Lodes, who went 2-for-3 with an RBI.
Zionsville's defeat dropped their record down to 13-9. As for Hamilton Southeastern, the victory (which was their sixth in a row) raised their record to 20-4.
Zionsville does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Hamilton Southeastern, they are on the road again on Saturday to play Noblesville at 12:00 p.m. Noblesville is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 8.2 runs per game this season.
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