The Ballard High School baseball team is at game number four of its current losing streak after getting beat by Issaquah 3-2, April 9.

Senior pitcher Nick Palewicz went all seven innings, throwing fours strikeouts and giving up only four hits, but the Beavers couldn't muster the offense needed for the win.

Ballard has only scored two runs in their last three games. They scored 29 runs in the three before that.

Coach John Lamm said the competition is one of the major factors in the recent offensive slump. Ballard went from playing city teams to eastside teams that have much better pitchers, he said.

"We hadn't seen pitching quite like that yet," he said. "But, we're starting to adjust to that."

The Beavers are 4-6 overall and 3-5 in the conference.

They play at 3:45 p.m., April 13 at Whitman Middle School against Redmond.