Baseball Recap: Mt. Hope Takes a Loss

Mt. Hope had lost six straight on the road, but on Wednesday they dropped their record down to 2-15 to make it seven. They took a 7-2 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Cumberland Clippers. Unfortunately, that's the second time they've come up short against the Clippers this season, as they also lost their prior matchup 21-1 two weeks ago.

Mt. Hope saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jack Thompson, who went 2-for-3 with one run.

As for Cumberland, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten matches. That's provided a nice bump to their 13-4 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.7 runs on average over those games.

On Cumberland's side, Marcus Gomes tossed a big game, pitching six innings while giving up just two earned runs off six hits. The dominant performance also gave Gomes a new career-high in strikeouts (four).

On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Tyler Hurteau, who went 2-for-3 with two runs and one double. Another player making a difference was Gabriel Niman, who went 2-for-3 with two RBI and one run.

We've got plenty of inter-league action coming up soon. Mt. Hope will square off against rival Portsmouth at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Meanwhile, Cumberland is set to face off against their familiar foe Lincoln at 4:15 p.m. on Friday.