After a string of three wins, Tate's good fortune finally ran out on Tuesday. They fell just short of the West Florida Jaguars by a score of 2-1. Tate has not had much luck with West Florida recently, as the team's come up short the last four times they've met.
Kate Balagbagan spent all eight innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered just zero earned runs on five hits. She has been nothing but reliable: she hasn't given up more than two walks in four consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Tate saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Kara Wine, who went 1-for-4 with a double.
Tate's defeat dropped their record down to 12-7. As for West Florida, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 10-9 record this season.
Tate will look to defend their home field on Thursday against Pace at 6:30 p.m. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (Pace: 0.8, Tate: 3.8) so any runs scored will be well earned. As for West Florida, they will head out on the road to square off against Central at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. West Florida's pitching crew has only allowed 3.6 runs per game this season, so Central's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
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