Baseball Recap: Hamilton Heights Huskies vs. Lapel Bulldogs
Hamilton Heights lost against Lapel back in April of 2015, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Thursday. The Hamilton Heights Huskies fell 6-1 to the Lapel Bulldogs. Hamilton Heights has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Hamilton Heights saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Kyle Micheal, who went 2-for-4 with an RBI.
On Lapel's side, Rylie Hudson was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits over 4.2 innings pitched. Hudson has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in four consecutive pitching appearances. Hudson was also solid in the batter's box, getting on base in all four of his plate appearances with a stolen base and two RBI.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Camden Novak, who scored three runs while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Hamilton Heights' defeat ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 9-8. As for Lapel, the victory was the fifth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 11-3.
Hamilton Heights will look to defend their home field on Friday against Western Boone at 7:30 p.m. Western Boone will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each match than the last. As for Lapel, they will be playing at home against Alexandria-Monroe at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Lapel is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 10.1 runs per game this season.
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