The Upper Lake Cougars will head out on the road to take on the Cloverdale Eagles at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this contest.
Upper Lake pushed their score all the way to ten on Tuesday, but even that wasn't enough to win. They took a 14-10 hit to the loss column at the hands of Middletown. Upper Lake has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Nya Marcks was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: she didn't allow a single earned run while striking out 11 over 4.2 innings pitched. She has been nothing but reliable: she hasn't tossed less than 11 strikeouts every time she's pitched this season.
On the hitting side, Ruby Wurm was cooking despite her team's loss, scoring four runs and stealing three bases while going 2-for-4. Another player making a difference was Keira McCormack, who scored a run while going 3-for-4.
Even though they lost, Upper Lake didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 12 strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Middletown only tossed six.
Meanwhile, after a string of four wins, Cloverdale's good fortune finally ran out on Tuesday. They fell 6-2 to Lower Lake. Having soared to a lofty 19 runs in the game before, Cloverdale couldn't push the score so high this time.
Upper Lake now has a losing record at 1-2. As for Cloverdale, their loss was their first of the season and makes their record 4-1.
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