After flying high against North Central on Tuesday, Deer Park came back down to earth. The Stags fell just short of the East Valley Knights by a score of 8-7 on Saturday. The contest marked the Stags' lowest-scoring matchup so far this season.
Sammy Fausti and Jillian Marshall did some serious damage despite the final result: Fausti went 3-for-4 with one triple and one run, while Marshall went 2-for-4 with three RBI and one run. Another player making a difference was Kapri Bailey, who went 2-for-4 with one run, one double, and one RBI.
Having lost for the first time this season, Deer Park fell to 15-1. As for East Valley, they are on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine games. That's provided a nice bump to their 9-4 record this season.
While Deer Park had to take the loss, they won't have to wait long to give it another shot: the pair will be back at it again later today.
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