Baseball Recap: Troy-Buchanan Comes Up Short

Troy-Buchanan extended their losing streak to three on Friday, dropping their season record down to 8-9 in the process. They fell 3-0 to the Fort Zumwalt East Lions. The Trojans were given a dose of their own medicine in this game as the Lions apparently hadn't forgotten their loss the last time these teams played back in May of 2019.

Troy-Buchanan got a good showing from Braden Cox, who tossed four innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off two hits.

As for Fort Zumwalt East, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 14-6 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.8 runs on average over those games.

On Fort Zumwalt East's side, the result came thanks to Dominic Pandolfo's shutout, as he gave up just a hit and racked up 11 Ks. Pandolfo has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in three consecutive appearances.

On the hitting side, Fort Zumwalt East's win was truly a team effort as five different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Travis Hill, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with one run.

Coming up, Troy-Buchanan will host Fort Zumwalt West at 4:15 p.m. on Tuesday. As for Fort Zumwalt East, they will venture away from home to face off against Timberland at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday.