It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Ponderosa can now relate to. They fell just short of the Capital Christian Cougars by a score of 3-1 on Tuesday. Ponderosa's defeat signaled the end of their five-game winning streak.
Ponderosa saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Brynn Escobar, who went 2-for-2 with an RBI.
On Capital Christian's side, Ayla Tuua was a major factor while hitting and pitching. She struck out eight batters over seven innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits (and only one walk). Tuua has been consistent recently: she hasn't given up more than one earned run in three consecutive pitching appearances. Tuua was also big at the plate, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while getting on base in all three of her plate appearances.
Ponderosa's loss dropped their record down to 20-6. As for Capital Christian, they are on a roll lately: they've won 16 of their last 17 games, which provided a nice bump to their 23-2-1 record this season.
Ponderosa does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Capital Christian, they are on the road again on Saturday to play Oakdale at 1:00 p.m. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Capital Christian: 1.7, Oakdale: 1.7) so any runs scored will be well earned.
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