It was a good run, but New Albany unfortunately witnessed the end of their six-game winning streak on Thursday. They lost 6-0 to the West Washington Senators. New Albany has not had much luck with West Washington recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.
For West Washington's part, not much got past Elliot Nance, who gave up just four hits and racked up six Ks to keep New Albany off the board. Nance has been consistent recently: she hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts every time she's pitched this season.
On the hitting side, Riley Hall was excellent, getting on base in three of her four plate appearances with a stolen base and an RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Emma Schmidt, who scored two runs while going 1-for-2.
New Albany's loss ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 7-10. As for West Washington, they pushed their record up to 12-0 with that win, which was their seventh straight on the road.
New Albany will face off against Evansville Memorial at 12:15 p.m. on Saturday. As for West Washington, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Salem at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. West Washington is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 8.8 runs per game this season.
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