With a playoff game on the line, New Diana rose to the challenge on Saturday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the Mineola Yellowjackets and snuck past 16-15. The victory made it back-to-back wins for New Diana.
For Mineola's part, Mahayla McMahon and Kali Chrietzberg did some serious damage despite the final result: McMahon scored three runs while going 2-for-5, while Chrietzberg got on base in three of her four plate appearances with three runs, a triple, and an RBI. Another player making a difference was Kailtyn McMahon, who scored two runs while going 3-for-5.
Even though they lost, Mineola was hitting in the alleys and finished the game with four doubles. This was only their first loss (out of three games) when they post three or more doubles.
New Diana is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 21-10-1 record this season. As for Mineola, their loss ended a six-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 19-10.
The teams didn't have to wait long for a rematch: they beat New Diana by a score of 16-6 later that day.
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