Baseball Game Recap: Shaker Heights Takes a Loss

By Team Reports Apr 29, 2024, 5:29pm

Baseball Recap: Shaker Heights Red Raiders vs. Medina Battling Bees

Monday just wasn't the day for Shaker Heights's offense. They lost 6-0 to the Medina Battling Bees on Monday. The defeat continues a trend for Shaker Heights in their matchups with Medina: they've now lost three in a row.

For Medina's part, Brayden Smigel made a splash while hitting and pitching. He didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out eight over six innings pitched. Smigel was also big at the plate, scoring two runs while going 2-for-4.

In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Joey Johnson, who scored two runs while going 3-for-4. Drew Rohlen was another key contributor, going 3-for-4 with a stolen base and an RBI.

Shaker Heights now has a losing record at 9-10. As for Medina, the victory (which was their ninth in a row) raised their record to 11-7.

While Shaker Heights had to take the loss, they won't have to wait long to give it another shot: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday.

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