Baseball Recap: West Allis Hale Takes a Loss

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Previous 5 Games

05/17/25 vs Germantown	7-8
05/14/25 @ Milwaukee King	10-2
05/12/25 vs Wauwatosa West	11-1
05/09/25 vs West Allis Central	10-0
05/08/25 vs Menomonee Falls	0-24

West Allis Hale dropped their record down to 8-14 on Saturday, which also ended the team's three-game streak of wins. They fell just short of the Germantown Warhawks by a score of 8-7. Unfortunately, that's the second time they've come up short against the Warhawks this season, as they also lost their prior matchup 9-4 two weeks ago.

Andrew Hoppe made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and went 1-for-4 with two RBI and one run. Brayden Paucek was another key player, getting on base in both of his plate appearances with two runs.

As for Germantown, the victory was the fourth in a row for them, bringing their record up to 14-4. The wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 7.0 runs over those games.

On Germantown's side, Logan Zaverl looked comfortable as he didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only one hit while striking out six over four innings pitched.

At the plate, Ian Demichiel was incredible, going a perfect 3-for-3 with one stolen base, two RBI, and one run. Those three hits gave him a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Jon Murkowski, who went 2-for-5 with two stolen bases, one run, and one RBI.

We've got plenty of inter-conference action coming up soon. West Allis Hale will square off against rival Wauwatosa East at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Meanwhile, Germantown is set to face off against their familiar foe Hamilton at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (the Warhawks 2.5, the Chargers 2.3) so any runs scored will be well earned.