On Friday, Lathrop faced Colony in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Lathrop Malemutes lost 11-5 to the Colony Knights. Lathrop was given a dose of their own medicine in this game as Colony apparently hadn't forgotten their defeat the last time these teams played on May 3rd.
Peyton Hamilton was cooking despite her team's loss, scoring a run while going 3-for-3.
On Colony's side, Alexis Congdon was excellent, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Bonnie Schmidt, who went 1-for-3 with two RBI and a double.
This is the second loss in a row for Lathrop and nudges their season record down to 12-10-1. As for Colony, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 24-13-2 record this season.
Lathrop does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Colony, they will be playing in front of their home fans against West Valley at 1:00 p.m. on Friday. West Valley is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 8.2 runs per game this season.
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