It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Queen City can now relate to. They fell 3-0 to the Whitesboro Bearcats on Thursday. It was the first time this season that Queen City let down their fans at home.
For Whitesboro's part, not much got past Avery Howerton, who gave up just two hits and racked up ten Ks to keep Queen City off the board. Howerton has been consistent recently: she hasn't pitched less than five innings in four consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Whitesboro's win was truly a team effort as three different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Tylar Olsen, who went 1-for-3 with a triple and two RBI.
Queen City's loss ended an 11-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 26-4. As for Whitesboro, the victory (which was their eighth in a row) raised their record to 30-6.
While Queen City had to take the loss, they won't have to wait long to give it another shot: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 6:30 p.m. on Friday.
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