Baseball Recap: Tri-West Hendricks Snags 11th Win in Last 14 Games

Western Boone typically has all the answers at home, but on Friday Tri-West Hendricks proved too difficult a challenge. They had just enough and edged out the Stars 2-1. This was a revenge game for the Bruins: when they faced off against the Stars back in April, they had to take a 8-4 defeat.

Zack Baute was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, pitching seven innings while giving up just one earned run off four hits. Baute was also big at the plate, going 2-for-3 with two doubles and one RBI. That's the most hits he has posted over his last ten games.

Ethan Frye

Doubles (Career)

05/23/25 @ Western Boone	2
05/14/25 vs Danville	1
05/13/25 @ Danville	1
05/06/25 vs Frankfort	1
04/28/25 vs Lebanon	1

In other batting news, Ethan Frye was excellent, going 2-for-4 with two doubles, one run, and one RBI. Those two doubles gave him a new career-high.

Tri-West Hendricks has been performing well recently as they've won 11 of their last 14 contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 17-6 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.1 runs on average over those games. As for Western Boone, with the loss, they broke their six-game winning streak and moved their record to 16-10.

Tri-West Hendricks and Western Boone are set to take part in some playoff action in their next matches. The Bruins will face off against Frankfort at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. As for Western Boone, they will welcome North Putnam at 5:30 p.m. on Monday. The Stars are facing the Cougars at the right time seeing as the Cougars are stuck on a three-game losing streak.