Murdock's Hit Streak Reaches 20 Games
The <Olympia Battle Cats:team#95> fell to the <Oklahoma City Whirlwind:team#13> in Whirlwind Alley today, even as 32-year-old first baseman <Alex Murdock:player#211> upped his consecutive-game hitting streak to 20 games.  Murdock finished with 3 hits in 5 at-bats, but could not stop the Battle Cats from dropping the 8-5 decision.

"Yeah, I kept my streak going, but it would have been better to come away with a win," said Murdock. 
<Alex Murdock:player#211> singled in the 1st, doubled in the 3rd, grounded out in the 4th, flied out in the 7th and hit an RBI single in the 9th.

Thus far this year Murdock is batting .366 with 3 home runs, 18 RBIs and 21 runs scored. 