After a string of four wins, Buhl's good fortune finally ran out on Friday. They lost 18-1 to the Homedale Trojans. Buhl was red-hot at the plate headed into the contest (they scored no less than ten runs in the four games prior) but Homedale's pitcher proved too tough.
Buhl saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Harleigh Slagle, who went 1-for-2 with a double.
On Homedale's side, Olivia Asumendi made a big impact while hitting and pitching. She struck out nine batters over five innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits. Asumendi has been consistent recently: she hasn't given up more than two hits in four consecutive pitching appearances. Asumendi was also solid in the batter's box, scoring two runs while going 2-for-5.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Dani Sitts, who fired off two home runs, seven RBI, and four runs while going 4-for-5. Another player making a difference was Ciarah Barnett, who scored three runs while getting on base in three of her four plate appearances.
Buhl's defeat dropped their record down to 12-6. As for Homedale, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten matches, which provided a nice bump to their 13-5 record this season.
Buhl has the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome Gooding at 3:00 p.m. on Monday. Buhl has given up an average of 7 runs per game this season, so hopefully the team got some pitching drills in this week. As for Homedale, they are on the road again on Monday to play Parma at 5:00 p.m. Parma is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 10.1 runs per game this season.
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