It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Bluffton can now relate to. They lost 9-3 to the South Adams Starfires on Thursday. Bluffton has not had much luck with South Adams recently, as the team's come up short the last eight times they've met.
Bluffton saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Madyson Sonnigsen, who went 2-for-3 with a home run.
On South Adams' side, they got a great performance from Gracy Bixler as she tossed six innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off six hits. Bixler has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't pitched less than five innings in six consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Shea Alberson was incredible, scoring two runs and stealing four bases while going 3-for-4. Another player making a difference was Mackenzie Neuenschwander, who went 2-for-4 with a home run.
Bluffton's defeat dropped their record down to 10-14. As for South Adams, they are on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine matches, which provided a nice bump to their 25-4 record this season.
Bluffton does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for South Adams, they will be staying on the road on Saturday to face off against Fort Wayne Bishop Luers at 11:00 a.m. South Adams is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.6 runs per game this season.
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