On Thursday, it was a hard-fought matchup, but the Slinger Owls had to settle for a 4-3 loss against the Lomira Lions.
Slinger saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jesse Retzlaff, who went 1-for-3 with a stolen base.
Even though they lost, Slinger didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 14 strikeouts. That's the most strikeouts they've managed all season.
Slinger's defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 14-11. As for Lomira, the win (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 20-4.
Slinger will be staying on the road on Saturday to face off against Kimberly at 12:00 p.m. Kimberly is coming into the match with ten straight victories at home, so Slinger will have to stop a team with plenty of momentum. Lomira does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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