It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Mentor can now relate to. They fell just short of the Lincoln Lions by a score of 13-11 on Wednesday. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Friday (ten), the Cardinals still had to take the loss.
Maddie Menough made the most of her time at bat despite the final result and went 3-for-4 with one home run, five RBI, and two runs. The team also got some help courtesy of Ireland Rainey, who got on base in three of her four plate appearances with three runs.

Cardinals
05/28/25 vs Lincoln | 11-13 |
05/23/25 @ Berea-Midpark | 10-7 |
05/19/25 @ GlenOak | 10-3 |
05/15/25 @ Medina | 9-8 |
05/14/25 @ Brunswick | 2-0 |
With the loss, Mentor broke their 16-game winning streak and moved their record to 22-8. As for Lincoln, the win (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 19-11.
Mentor does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Lincoln, they will challenge Lancaster at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. The Golden Gales will roll in looking for their 17th straight victory, something the Lions surely won't give up without a fight.
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