On Thursday, Oldham County faced Owensboro Catholic in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Oldham County Colonels fell just short of the Owensboro Catholic Aces by a score of 11-10. Both teams can probably skip cardio this week after making that many trips around the bases.
Katie LaDow was huge no matter where she played even without the win. She tossed two innings while giving up no earned run off two hits (she also only allowed one walk). LaDow was also big at the plate, going 1-for-1 with three RBI and a stolen base.
In other batting news, Aubrey Batts made the most of her time at bat despite the final result and got on base in all five of her plate appearances with two runs and a triple. Bekah Townsend was another key contributor, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 3-for-3.
Even though they lost, Oldham County didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 16 strikeouts. That's the most strikeouts they've managed all season.
This is the second loss in a row for Oldham County and nudges their season record down to 8-4. As for Owensboro Catholic, the victory (which was their fifth in a row) raised their record to 6-1.
Oldham County will look to defend their home field on Tuesday against Mercy at 6:00 p.m. As for Owensboro Catholic, they will be staying on the road on Friday to face off against Choctawhatchee at 5:00 p.m. Choctawhatchee's pitching crew has only allowed four runs per game this season, so Owensboro Catholic's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
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