It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Harvest Christian Academy had no problem doing just that on Monday. They narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past the Earlville Red Raiders 7-6. The victory was nothing new for Harvest Christian Academy as they're now sitting on seven straight.
Alyssa Burke made a splash while hitting and pitching. She struck out nine batters over seven innings while giving up four earned (and two unearned) runs off nine hits. Burke has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't tossed less than seven strikeouts in five consecutive pitching appearances. Burke was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run and stealing two bases while getting on base in two of her three plate appearances.
In other batting news, Maddie Linta was excellent, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 1-for-2.
Harvest Christian Academy has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 11 of their last 12 contests, which provided a massive bump to their 14-10 record this season. As for Earlville, they dropped their record down to 2-10 with that defeat, which was their sixth straight on the road.
As of now, neither Harvest Christian Academy nor Earlville have any future games scheduled.
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