After a string of five wins, Ithaca's good fortune finally ran out on Saturday. They fell just short of the Unionville-Sebewaing Patriots by a score of 1-0. The matchup marked the first time this year in which Ithaca was not able to get on the board.
Even though they lost, Ithaca didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 11 strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Unionville-Sebewaing only tossed six.
For Unionville-Sebewaing's part, Rylie Betson looked comfortable as she didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit over four innings pitched.
On the hitting side, Unionville-Sebewaing saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Macy Prime, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Ithaca's loss dropped their record down to 6-4. As for Unionville-Sebewaing, the victory (which was their fifth in a row) raised their record to 8-4.
Ithaca will head out on the road to take on Gladstone at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday. Ithaca's pitching crew has only allowed 3.4 runs per game this season, so Gladstone's hitters will have their work cut out for them. As for Unionville-Sebewaing, they are on the road again on Saturday to play Tawas Area at 4:00 p.m. Unionville-Sebewaing is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.7 runs per game this season.
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