Baseball Recap: Cedar Grove-Belgium Rockets vs. Howards Grove Tigers
Cedar Grove-Belgium can now show off seven landslide victories after their most recent match on Monday. They were the clear victor by a 14-2 margin over the Howards Grove Tigers. For Cedar Grove-Belgium, this counts as revenge for the 12-10 defeat Howards Grove walked away with the last time they faced one another back in April of 2023.
Jude Ackeret tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run while striking out six over 4.2 innings pitched. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts in five consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Carter Schmitz and Ira Hilbelink did most of the damage at the plate: Schmitz scored two runs while going 3-for-3, while Hilbelink scored four runs and stole a base while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. Brayden Oelhafen was another key contributor, scoring four runs while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances.
On Howards Grove's side, they saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Trey Sixel, who scored a run while going 1-for-2.
Cedar Grove-Belgium has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 10-4 record this season. As for Howards Grove, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 6-8-1.
Cedar Grove-Belgium will have a chance to go back-to-back against Howards Grove: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday.
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