It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Melissa had no problem doing just that on Friday. They narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past the Kingwood Park Panthers 3-2. The victory was nothing new for Melissa as they're now sitting on nine straight.
Alex Starr spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered just two earned runs on four hits and racked up eight Ks.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Kennedy Bradley, who scored a run while going 3-for-4.
Melissa is on a roll lately: they've won 17 of their last 18 games, which provided a nice bump to their 32-2-1 record this season. As for Kingwood Park, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 23-13.
Melissa will be staying on the road on Wednesday to face off against Wakeland at 6:30 p.m. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (Wakeland: 2.8, Melissa: 1.6) so any runs scored will be well earned. Kingwood Park does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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