Baseball Recap: Rich Township comes up short despite Librian Poole's strong performance

By Team Reports May 17, 2024, 11:34am

Baseball Recap: Rich Township Raptors vs. Crete-Monee Warriors

Rich Township lost against Crete-Monee last Monday, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Wednesday. The Rich Township Raptors lost 11-2 to the Crete-Monee Warriors. The defeat continues a trend for Rich Township in their matchups with Crete-Monee: they've now lost four in a row.

Librian Poole made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored a run and stole two bases while going 2-for-3. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last four times he's played.

On Crete-Monee's side, Timothy Gaddis made a big impact while hitting and pitching. He tossed three innings while giving up no earned runs off four hits. Gaddis was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run and stealing three bases while going 2-for-5.

In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Bren Milburn, who scored three runs and stole four bases while going 3-for-4. Michael Leonard was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing three bases while going 2-for-3.

Rich Township's loss dropped their record down to 10-16-1. As for Crete-Monee, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight matches, which provided a massive bump to their 17-9 record this season.

The teams didn't have to wait long for a rematch: they beat Rich Township by a score of 10-8.

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