Baseball Recap: Clearwater falls despite strong effort from Benjamin Brown

By Team Reports Apr 29, 2024, 3:15pm

Baseball Recap: Clearwater Tornadoes vs. Hollins Royals

It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Clearwater can now relate to. They fell 8-5 to the Hollins Royals on Monday. Clearwater has not had much luck with Hollins recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.

Benjamin Brown made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-3. Michael O'Hanlan was another key contributor, scoring a run while going 2-for-3.

On Hollins' side, Atticus Huffstutler was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He pitched three innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits. Huffstutler was also solid in the batter's box, scoring two runs while going 1-for-4.

Huffstutler wasn't the only one making solid contact as four players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Ryan Buchman, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-2. Another player making a difference was Joshua Castellani, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3.

Clearwater's loss dropped their record down to 11-15. As for Hollins, their victory bumped their record up to 11-13.

As of now, neither Clearwater nor Hollins have any future games scheduled.

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