Baseball Recap: Northeastern Clinton Cougars vs. Peru Nighthawks
Northeastern Clinton fell victim to Peru and their airtight pitching crew on Wednesday. They suffered a rough 10-0 defeat at the hands of the Peru Nighthawks. Northeastern Clinton has not had much luck with Peru recently, as the team's come up short the last four times they've met.
For Peru's part, Landen Duprey and Jake Frechette made a big impact no matter where they played. Throwing, Duprey struck out six batters over two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Meanwhile, Frechette kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out 11 over five innings pitched. At bat, Duprey scored a run while going 1-for-4, while Frechette scored two runs and stole a base while going 3-for-4.
In other batting news, Donnie Mitchell was a standout: he scored two runs and stole two bases while going 3-for-5. The team also got some help courtesy of Kalib Smith, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-3.
Northeastern Clinton now has a losing record at 1-2. As for Peru, the victory (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 3-0.
While Northeastern Clinton 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 Friday.
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