Baseball Recap: Brooke Bruins vs. Musselman Applemen
Brooke was not able to break out of their rough patch in their first game on Saturday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They wound up on the wrong side of a rough 14-4 walloping at the hands of the Musselman Applemen.
Brooke saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Raymond DeFranco, who went 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Peyton Toepher, who scored a run while going 1-for-2.
On Musselman's side, Kai Dunbar tossed a big game, striking out eight batters over five innings while giving up just two earned (and two unearned) runs off three hits.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Kyle Lore, who scored two runs while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Wyatt McClintock, who scored two runs while going 3-for-4.
Brooke now has a losing record at 4-5. As for Musselman, their win bumped their record up to 10-7.
Brooke didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next game, a 9-6 loss vs. Buckhannon-Upshur on the 13th. Musselman has also already played their next matchup, a 7-4 defeat against Ripley on the 13th.
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