Baseball Recap: Siegel Falls Short Against Ranked Independence

Siegel faced Independence in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Thursday. The Stars fell just short of the Eagles by a score of 8-6. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest defeat the Stars have suffered since April 17th.

This is the second loss in a row for Siegel and nudges their season record down to 31-13. Admittedly, the team was facing some tough opposition over that stretch, including 32-10 Farragut (their opponents had an average overall winning percentage of 72.2% over those games). As for Independence, they have been performing well recently as they've won 11 of their last 14 matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 28-13 record this season.

Siegel does not have any more games scheduled as of now. Independence has already played their next game (against Farragut), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.