Baseball Recap: McDaniel Mountain Lions vs. Cleveland Warriors
After a string of four wins, McDaniel's good fortune finally ran out on Wednesday. They fell 5-1 to the Cleveland Warriors. McDaniel was red-hot at the plate headed into the contest (they scored no less than ten runs in the three matches prior) but Cleveland's pitchers proved too tough.
McDaniel saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Samuel Robison, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
On Cleveland's side, Ezra Oster spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered one run (which was unearned) on four hits and racked up 12 Ks.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Lucas Geren, who scored a run while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. Another player making a difference was James Ho, who went 3-for-3 with a stolen base.
McDaniel's loss dropped their record down to 5-8. As for Cleveland, their win bumped their record up to 6-8.
While McDaniel had to take the loss, they won't have to wait long to give it another shot: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 5:00 p.m. on Friday.
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