{"id":26523,"date":"2025-05-17T08:57:49","date_gmt":"2025-05-17T12:57:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/?p=26523"},"modified":"2025-05-17T08:57:50","modified_gmt":"2025-05-17T12:57:50","slug":"patriots-fall-from-acac-title-contention-with-back-to-back-losses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/17\/patriots-fall-from-acac-title-contention-with-back-to-back-losses\/","title":{"rendered":"Patriots fall from ACAC title contention with back-to-back losses"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Once title favorites to win the ACAC after a 3-2 win over South Adams at the end of April, the Heritage Patriots saw their title chances disappear this week with an 11-1 loss at Jay County Thursday and a 6-4 loss against Bluffton Friday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Patriots played just 4.5 innings Thursday in Portland as Jay County clubbed 13 hits, scoring five in the first inning and four more in the second. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Danica Fuller took the loss, allowing all eleven runs (ten earned) and striking out six. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mallory Winner was the winning pitcher for JC, giving up just one run on six hits. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Abriyah James had two singles for Heritage. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In Friday’s contest against Bluffton, Heritage never led, falling behind early 2-0 to the Tigers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Patriots were able to bring the game back to even in the fifth when Danica Fuller scored on a groundout, but Bluffton scored twice more in the top of the next inning and went on to the victory. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fuller threw the first two innings for Heritage, giving up the two runs, while Hadlee Shipp threw the last five, taking the loss while striking out six. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Patriots will attempt to stop their skid Saturday at Whitko before facing a very tough test Tuesday at Woodlan. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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