Baseball Recap: Paoli falls despite strong effort from Cooper Spires

By Team Reports Apr 27, 2024, 7:35pm

Baseball Recap: Paoli Rams vs. Scottsburg Warriors

Paoli lost against Scottsburg back in April of 2023, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Friday. The Paoli Rams fell 6-3 to the Scottsburg Warriors. Paoli has not had much luck with Scottsburg recently, as the team's come up short the last seven times they've met.

Cooper Spires was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring two runs and stealing three bases while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.

On Scottsburg's side, Tanner Best made a big impact while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. Best was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run while going 2-for-4.

Best wasn't the only one making solid contact as seven players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Cale Barger, who went 1-for-3 with two RBI.

Paoli's loss dropped their record down to 2-5. As for Scottsburg, the victory was the third in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 8-2.

Paoli will be playing at home against Perry Central at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. As for Scottsburg, they will head out on the road to square off against Salem at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. Scottsburg is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 9.5 runs per game this season.

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