Baseball Recap: Urban Prep-Bronzeville falls despite strong effort from Maurice Hughes

Urban Prep-Bronzeville was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They fell just short of the Chicago Vocational Cavaliers by a score of 8-7.

Maurice Hughes was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring a run and stealing three bases while going 1-for-3. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last five times he's played. Dwain Melton was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 1-for-3.

Urban Prep-Bronzeville's loss dropped their record down to 1-9-1. As for Chicago Vocational, the win was the third in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 3-7.

While Urban Prep-Bronzeville 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 4:30 p.m. on Thursday.

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