It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact South Whidbey can now relate to. They fell just short of the Granite Falls Tigers by a score of 13-12 on Saturday. The Falcons were not able to repeat the success they had when they faced the Tigers earlier this season, when they won 15-11.
South Whidbey got a massive performance out of Kennedy Strevel, who went 1-for-4 with one home run, two runs, and two RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Sophie Ziegler, who got on base in three of her five plate appearances with two runs, one triple, and one RBI.
This is the second loss in a row for South Whidbey and nudges their season record down to 11-10. Admittedly, the team was facing some tough opposition over that stretch, including 17-4 Cedar Park Christian (their opponents had an average overall winning percentage of 67.7% over those games). As for Granite Falls, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 12-10.
South Whidbey does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Granite Falls, they wasted no time getting back out on the field and have already played their next match, a 10-0 defeat against Cedar Park Christian on the 17th.
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