Baseball Recap: Hartford Central Comes Up Short

Hartford Central and Hadley Luzerne pushed the score to 10-9 the last time they played Hadley Luzerne, but on Wednesday defenses reigned supreme. The Tanagers fell just short of the Eagles by a score of 3-1. Having soared to a lofty ten runs in the game before, the Tanagers couldn't push the score so high this time.

Hartford Central now has a losing record of 3-4. As for Hadley Luzerne, their win was their first in the league, bumping their league record up to 1-2 and their overall record up to 5-3-1.

Looking ahead, Hartford Central will look to defend their home field on Friday against North Warren Central at 4:30 p.m. The Tanagers' pitchers better be ready for this one: the Cougars have averaged an impressive 10.2 runs per game this season. As for Hadley Luzerne, they will head out to face off against Whitehall at 3:30 p.m. on Friday. The Railroaders will aim to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each matchup than the last.