It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Academy for Academic Excellence can now relate to. They fell just short of the Orangewood Academy Spartans by a score of 8-6 on Thursday. Academy for Academic Excellence's defeat signaled the end of their six-game winning streak.
Paityn Thibodeaux was cooking despite her team's loss, going 1-for-3 with a home run, three RBI, and two runs. She has been hot recently, having posted three or more RBI the last five times she's played. Another player making a difference was Kayla Berg, who scored a run and stole three bases while going 2-for-5.
Academy for Academic Excellence's loss ended a five-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 16-3-2. As for Orangewood Academy, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 13-5 record this season.
Academy for Academic Excellence does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Orangewood Academy, they are on the road again on Tuesday to play Muir at 3:15 p.m. Muir is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 9.5 runs per game this season.
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