Baseball Recap: Maynor Cruz can't quite lead Harding over Highland Park

By Team Reports May 7, 2024, 10:17am

Baseball Recap: Harding Knights vs. Highland Park Scots

Harding is still looking for their season's first win. They lost 13-2 to the Highland Park Scots on Monday. The result was an unpleasant reminder to Harding of the 17-5 defeat they experienced in the pair's previous head-to-head fixture on Monday.

Harding saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Maynor Cruz, who scored a run while going 2-for-2.

Harding's loss dropped their record down to 0-8. As for Highland Park, the win was the fourth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 7-1.

Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Harding will challenge Washington Tech at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Harding is facing Washington Tech at the right time seeing as Washington Tech is stuck on a seven-game losing streak. As for Highland Park, they will be staying on the road on Wednesday to face off against St. Paul Central at 4:30 p.m. St. Paul Central is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.6 runs per game this season.

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