Baseball Recap: Sweet Springs Comes Up Short

Crest Ridge hit Sweet Springs with a nine-run fifth inning on Tuesday, which goes a long way in explaining the final result. The Greyhounds lost 12-2 to the Cougars. The Greyhounds were not able to make up for their loss to the Cougars from their previous meeting back in April of 2024.

Sweet Springs saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Drayton Hampton, who went 1-for-2 with two stolen bases and one run. Gabe Benson also deserves some recognition as he got his first hit of the season.

This is the second loss in a row for Sweet Springs and nudges their season record down to 8-11. Admittedly, the team was facing some tough opposition over that stretch, including 6-2 Wellington-Napoleon (their opponents had an average overall winning percentage of 69.6% over those games). As for Crest Ridge, the victory (which was their fourth in a row) raised their record to 9-5.

Coming up, Sweet Springs will head out on the road to challenge Leeton at 5:00 p.m. on May 1. As for Crest Ridge, they will challenge Wellington-Napoleon at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday.