Port Allen fought the good fight in their extra-innings match against False River on Friday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the False River Gators by a score of 25-24. The loss was the Pelicans' first of the season.
Marsha Shirley
| 02/21/25 @ False River | 5 |
| 02/18/25 vs Woodlawn-B.R. | 4 |
| 04/02/24 vs Family Christian | 4 |
| 02/13/25 vs East Iberville | 2 |
| 03/27/24 vs North Iberville | 2 |
Marsha Shirley made the most of her time at bat despite the final result and scored five runs and stole ten bases while going 6-for-6. The dominant performance gave her a new career-high in runs. Courtney Courville was another key player, scoring four runs and stealing six bases while going 3-for-5.
Even though they lost, Port Allen always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .645. That was just more of the same: they've now posted an OBP of .645 or higher every time they've taken the field this season.
Port Allen dropped their record down to 2-1 with the loss, which was their 17th straight on the road dating back to last season.
Coming up, Port Allen will host Central Lafourche at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday. Port Allen knows how to get runs on the board -- the squad has finished with ten runs or more in their past three games -- so hopefully Central Lafourche likes a good challenge. As for False River, they are headed away from home for the first time to challenge Port Allen at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
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