Baseball Recap: Cedar turns things around after tough road loss

By Team Reports Apr 26, 2024, 10:28am

Baseball Recap: Cedar Reds vs. Hurricane Tigers

There's no place like home for Cedar, who bounced back after a tough loss on the road last Friday. Everything went their way against the Hurricane Tigers on Tuesday as the Cedar Reds made off with an 11-4 win. That's more bragging rights for Cedar, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.

Cody Nash made a big impact while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, pitching 1.2 innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. Nash has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't given up more than two walks in three consecutive pitching appearances. Nash was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run while going 2-for-4.

In other batting news, Cedar let Krew Giles and Payton Ludlow loose on the outfield. Giles scored a run and stole a base while going 3-for-4, while Ludlow scored a run while going 2-for-2. Another player making a difference was Colter Bunnell, who scored two runs while getting on base in two of his four plate appearances.

On Hurricane's side, they saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Brycen McCauley, who scored two runs while going 1-for-3.

Cedar's victory ended a seven-game drought at home and bumped them up to 6-18. As for Hurricane, their defeat was their tenth straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 6-13.

The teams didn't have to wait long for a rematch: they beat Cedar by a score of 4-3.

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