Baseball Recap: Hempstead Comes Up Short

It was a proper cat-fight when Hempstead challenged Burton on Thursday. The Hempstead Bobcats lost 9-2 to the Burton Panthers. The Bobcats' loss continues a trend for the squad, making it three in a row.

Dontae Houston

Hits (Career)

02/27/25 vs Burton	3
02/27/25 vs Weimar	2
02/21/25 vs Richards	2
03/02/24 vs Non Varsity Tournament Opponent	1

Hempstead saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Dontae Houston, who went a perfect 3-for-3 with one RBI. The dominant performance also gave Houston a new career-high in hits (three). Noah Manzano also deserves some recognition as he brought in his first RBI of the season.

Hempstead now has a losing record of 3-4. As for Burton, the win was the third in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 3-0.

Hempstead has already played their next matchup (against Non Varsity Tournament Opponent), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. As for Burton, they will look to defend their home field on Friday against Lexington at 10:00 a.m.