Baseball Recap: Cameron Betker can't quite lead Racine Park over Kenosha Tremper

By Team Reports May 8, 2024, 6:00pm

Baseball Recap: Racine Park Panthers vs. Kenosha Tremper Trojans

Racine Park was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their 11th straight defeat. They fell just short of the Kenosha Tremper Trojans by a score of 2-0. The result was an unpleasant reminder to Racine Park of the 12-0 loss they experienced in the pair's previous head-to-head fixture back in May of 2023.

Racine Park saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Cameron Betker, who went 1-for-3 with a stolen base.

On Kenosha Tremper's side, Rory Dutton was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He didn't allow a single earned run while striking out six over seven innings pitched. Dutton was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run and stealing two bases while getting on base in two of his four plate appearances. Dutton is crushing it when it comes to stolen bases: he's stolen at least one every time he's taken the field this season.

In other batting news, Alex Papka was excellent, getting on base in all four of his plate appearances with an RBI.

Racine Park's defeat dropped their record down to 1-15. As for Kenosha Tremper, the win was the sixth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 11-4.

While Racine Park 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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