Baseball Recap: Speedway snaps three-game streak of losses on the road

By Team Reports Apr 16, 2024, 3:11am

Baseball Recap: Speedway Sparkplugs vs. Beech Grove Hornets

Speedway is still undefeated this season after their match against Beech Grove on Wednesday, but Beech Grove came as close as anyone has to beating them. The Speedway Sparkplugs came out on top in a nail-biter against the Beech Grove Hornets and snuck past 6-4. That's more bragging rights for Speedway, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.

For Beech Grove's part, they saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Aiden Brown, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.

Even though they lost, Beech Grove didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 13 strikeouts. That's the most strikeouts they've managed all season.

Speedway's victory ended a three-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 2-0. As for Beech Grove, they haven't won a game yet this season and fell to 0-6.

Speedway didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next matchup, a 16-2 loss vs. Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory on the 13th. Beech Grove has also already played their next game, an 8-1 defeat against Lebanon on the 13th.

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