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The Lady Lobos suffered their first regular season set back last week with a 9-8 extra inning loss to Payson on Tuesday.
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Playing in Payson things looked good early on with the Lobos scoring four in the top of the second then taking a 5-0 lead after a single run in the third. Payson trimmed into the lead with three in the bottom of the third, only to see Snowflake score twice in the fourth to lead by four runs. Payson cut the lead to three with a fifth inning run, then overtook the Lobos with four in the sixth to lead by one. Snowflake battled back and tied the game in the top of the seventh with a run to send the game into extra frames. In the bottom of the eighth the Longhorns scored the winning run to win 9-8.
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Snowflake had 12 hits in the loss. Jashlee Schneider went three for three; Kaylee Thomas, two for five; Jordyn Powers, two for four; Lanee Penrod, one for five; Taryn Flake, one for three, with two RBI; Anna Berger, one for five; Taylee Craner, one for five, with two RBI; and Hallie McCray was one for two, with a RBI.
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Sydney Bauer did the work in the circle. She pitched all eight innings, allowing nine runs, only six earned on six hits, with eight strikeouts and walked six Longhorn batters.
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Hosting Holbrook three days later the Lobos returned to the win column, although it wasn’t easy. They held just a one run lead until late in the game before pulling away to secure the 7-4 East Region win.
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Hosting Page on Saturday, Snowflake moved their newly minted win streak to two games with a 7-2 win over the visiting Sand Devils. Both teams matched the other with single runs in the first. Page went ahead with another run in the second. That lead dissipated in the bottom of the third when Snowflake took the lead for good with five runs. Snowflake added one final run in the bottom of the sixth to win their ninth regular season contest against just one loss.
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Snowflake will put their 9-1 record and top 10 power point ranking on the line twice this week. After playing in Show Low on Tuesday they will travel to take on top ranked Winslow on Friday. Next Tuesday the team will be in Blue Ridge.
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