Baseball Recap: St. Andrew's Episcopal Saints vs. Lake Hornets
It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact St. Andrew's Episcopal can now relate to. They fell 6-1 to the Lake Hornets on Saturday. St. Andrew's Episcopal's defeat signaled the end of their 18-game winning streak.
St. Andrew's Episcopal got a good showing from Witt Blackard, who tossed 2.1 innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. Blackard has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in six consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, St. Andrew's Episcopal saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Rolen Fanning, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3. Fanning has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last four times he's played.
Even though they lost, St. Andrew's Episcopal didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with nine strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Lake only tossed three.
On Lake's side, Kasen Tune spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned run on four hits.
At the plate, Lake let Jayden Brown and Trey Gray loose on the outfield. Brown scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-2, while Gray scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-4.
St. Andrew's Episcopal's loss ended a 13-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 26-6. As for Lake, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 22-7 record this season.
While St. Andrew's Episcopal had to take the loss, they won't have to wait long to give it another shot: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 6:00 p.m. on Monday.
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