After flying high against Hancock last Friday, Affton came back down to earth. The Affton Cougars came up short against the Ladue Horton Watkins Rams on Monday, falling 14-3. The Cougars haven't had much luck with the Rams recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.
Aleigha Meyers-Hamilton was huge no matter where she played even without the win. On the mound, she struck out nine batters over five innings while giving up just one earned (and 13 unearned) runs off six hits. Meyers-Hamilton was also big at the plate, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 3-for-3.
Meyers-Hamilton wasn't the only one making solid contact as two players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Brianna Woehlke, who scored a run while going 1-for-2.
Even though they lost, Affton didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with nine strikeouts. That's the most strikeouts they've managed all season.
Affton's loss dropped their record down to 2-12. As for Ladue Horton Watkins, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 9-6.
A feisty cat fight will be fought when Cougars challenges Mehlville at 4:15 p.m. on Tuesday. As for Ladue Horton Watkins, they will head out to face off against Ritenour at 4:15 p.m. on Tuesday.
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