Baseball Recap: Bloomfield Cardinals vs. Loogootee Lions
Bloomfield scored the most runs they've had all season to find success on Wednesday. They put the hurt on the Loogootee Lions with a sharp 15-5 victory. Winning may never get old, but Bloomfield sure is getting used to it with their third in a row.
Dillon Warnick made a big impact while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, striking out eight batters over five innings while giving up just two earned runs off one hit. Warnick was also solid in the batter's box, going 1-for-4 with two runs, a triple, and an RBI.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Tyler Patterson, who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Will Dowden, who scored a run while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
On Loogootee's side, they saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Mason Britton, who went 2-for-3 with five RBI and two doubles. Britton has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two hits in three consecutive pitching appearances.
Bloomfield is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 9-4 record this season. As for Loogootee, their loss dropped their record down to 7-7.
Bloomfield will head out on the road to square off against Eastern Greene at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. Both teams will come into the matchup having just posted big wins, so someone is set to suffer a big change in fortunes. As for Loogootee, they will look to defend their home field on Friday against Shakamak at 6:00 p.m. Loogootee is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.1 runs per game this season.
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