It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact St. Cloud can now relate to. They fell just short of the Wellington Wolverines by a score of 2-0 on Thursday. While getting shut out isn't ideal, St. Cloud has not been shut out since back in April.
For Wellington's part, not much got past Victoria Payne, who gave up just four hits and racked up seven Ks to keep St. Cloud off the board. Payne has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't pitched less than five innings in five consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Wellington's win was truly a team effort as four different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was D'Yami Meredith, who went 1-for-3 with a stolen base.
St. Cloud has traveled a rocky road recently having lost four of their last five matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 13-15 record this season. As for Wellington, they pushed their record up to 20-3 with that victory, which was their third straight at home.
St. Cloud does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Wellington, they will square off against Jupiter at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Wellington is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.4 runs per game this season.
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