It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Whitney can now relate to. They took a 7-4 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Elk Grove Thundering Herd on Thursday. Whitney has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Whitney saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Hudson Osterhout, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Even though they lost, Whitney 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 Elk Grove only tossed six.
On Elk Grove's side, they got a great performance from Joey Madrigal as he pitched 4.2 innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits. Madrigal has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in four consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Antonio Cuevas, who scored a run while going 3-for-4. Another player making a difference was Ethan Groves, who scored two runs while going 1-for-3.
Whitney's loss dropped their record down to 21-12. As for Elk Grove, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a massive bump to their 21-12 record this season.
Whitney does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Elk Grove, they are on the road again on Friday to play Granite Bay at 6:00 p.m. The pair have allowed few runs on average, (Granite Bay: 4, Elk Grove: 2.6) so any runs scored will be well earned.
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