Kennedy fell victim to Laguna Creek and their airtight pitching crew on Tuesday. They fell just short of the Laguna Creek Cardinals by a score of 2-0. The loss continues a trend for Kennedy in their matchups with Laguna Creek: they've now lost eight in a row.
For Laguna Creek's part, not much got past Sarah Hanf, who gave up just three hits and racked up ten Ks to keep Kennedy off the board. Hanf has been consistent recently: she hasn't pitched less than six innings in four consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Laguna Creek's win was truly a team effort as five different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Ariel Burton, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Kennedy's defeat ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 15-7. As for Laguna Creek, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 13-8 record this season.
Kennedy will be playing in front of their home fans against Rio Americano at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Kennedy's pitching crew has only allowed 3.5 runs per game this season, so Rio Americano's hitters will have their work cut out for them. As for Laguna Creek, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Burbank at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Laguna Creek is facing Burbank at the right time seeing as Burbank is stuck on a 13-game losing streak.
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