Baseball Recap: Crestview Cougars vs. South Central Trojans
Crestview was the 4-3 winner over South Central when they last played one another back in May of 2023, but their luck changed this time around. The Crestview Cougars fell 8-5 to the South Central Trojans on Tuesday. Crestview has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Jarek Ringler put in work while hitting and pitching. He struck out nine batters over 5.2 innings while giving up just two earned (and five unearned) runs off eight hits. Ringler has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in three consecutive pitching appearances. Ringler was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 2-for-4.
Ringler wasn't the only one making solid contact as seven players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Matthew Volz, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3. Tyson Ringler was another key contributor, scoring a run while going 1-for-4.
Even though they lost, Crestview didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 11 strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as South Central only tossed four.
Like Crestview, South Central also got a great game from a two-way player: Aaron Hauler. On the mound, he pitched six innings while giving up four earned (and one unearned) runs off nine hits. Hauler was even better at the plate, scoring two runs while going 3-for-4.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Gunner Ray, who scored three runs while going 2-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Bryan Chaffee, who went 2-for-3 with two RBI.
Crestview now has a losing record at 2-3. As for South Central, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 3-1.
The teams didn't have to wait long for a rematch: they beat Crestview by a score of 2-0.
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