Baseball Recap: Evansville Reitz Takes a Loss

Evansville Reitz had lost three straight on the road, but on Monday they dropped their record down to 9-17 to make it four. They lost 10-1 to the Evansville Central Bears. Unfortunately, that's the second time they've come up short against the Bears this season, as they also lost their prior matchup 5-1 on May 10th.

Evansville Reitz saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Keegan Cape, who went 1-for-2 with one stolen base.

As for Evansville Central, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 8-17. Ten seems to be a good number for they as the team scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.

On Evansville Central's side, Devon DeJarnette was a standout: he got on base in all three of his plate appearances with two stolen bases, two runs, and two RBI. DeJarnette has become a key player for the Bears: the team is 4-1 when he posts at least two runs, but 4-16 otherwise. Another player making a difference was Owen Schoenhals, who went a perfect 3-for-3 with three RBI and one run.

We've got plenty of inter-conference action coming up soon. Evansville Reitz is set to square off against their familiar foe Evansville Harrison at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Meanwhile, Evansville Central will take on rival Evansville Bosse at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday.