Baseball Recap: Oak Ridge Trojans vs. Rocklin Thunder
Oak Ridge lost against Rocklin two weeks ago, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Monday. The Oak Ridge Trojans' rough 8-1 defeat to the Rocklin Thunder might stick with them for a while.
Oak Ridge saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Luke Haney, who went 2-for-3 with a double.
On Rocklin's side, they got a great performance from Jesse Cuthill as he struck out six batters over five innings while giving up just one earned run off four hits. Cuthill has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in four consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Colby Pudge was excellent, scoring a run while going 2-for-4. Another player making a difference was Tucker Baird, who scored a run while going 1-for-2.
Oak Ridge dropped their record down to 7-9 with that loss, which was their eighth straight on the road dating back to last season. As for Rocklin, the win (which was their seventh in a row) raised their record to 13-3.
The teams didn't have to wait long for a rematch: Oak Ridge beat Rocklin by a score of 5-0.
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