It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Cannon can now relate to. They took a 4-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of the North Raleigh Christian Academy Knights on Saturday. That's two games in a row now that Cannon has lost by exactly three runs.
Cannon saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Maddie Sturgill, who went 1-for-3 with a double. Sturgill has been consistent recently: she hasn't given up more than two walks in three consecutive pitching appearances.
On North Raleigh Christian Academy's side, Ava Hodges was a major factor while hitting and pitching. On the mound, she pitched seven innings while giving up just one earned run off five hits. Hodges was also big at the plate, getting on base in three of her four plate appearances with a home run.
This is the second loss in a row for Cannon and nudges their season record down to 15-10-1. As for North Raleigh Christian Academy, they pushed their record up to 16-3 with that win, which was their eighth straight on the road.
As of now, neither Cannon nor North Raleigh Christian Academy have any future games scheduled.
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