If Butte was feeling good fresh off their 15-4 takedown of Flathead last Saturday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Bulldogs fell just short of the Sentinel Spartans by a score of 6-4 on Thursday. The Bulldogs were not able to repeat the success they had when they faced the Spartans earlier this season, when they won 7-4.
Reese Johnson was cooking despite her team's loss, going 2-for-4 with three RBI and one double.
Butte has also been struggling recently as they've lost six of their last eight games. That's put a noticeable dent in their 5-11 record this season. That patch can't be blamed on the team's hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 6.3 runs over those games. As for Sentinel, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 9-8.
Butte didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next match, an 11-4 victory against Hellgate on the 3rd. As for Sentinel, they also wasted no time getting back out on the field and have already played their next contest, a 7-5 defeat against Flathead on the 6th.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
