Baseball Recap: Hardin Northern Polar Bears vs. Ridgemont Golden Gophers
In what's become a running theme this season, Hardin Northern gave their fans yet another huge victory on Tuesday. They blew past the Ridgemont Golden Gophers 11-1. 11 seems to be a good number for Hardin Northern as the team scooped up a win with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Xander Wilson was a major factor while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he struck out 11 batters over 5.1 innings while giving up just one earned run off five hits (and only one walk). Wilson was also stellar in the batter's box, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 3-for-4.
In other batting news, Dylan Bacon was incredible, scoring two runs and stealing three bases while going 3-for-4. Another player making a difference was Bo Bame, who scored two runs and stole two bases while getting on base in two of his four plate appearances.
On Ridgemont's side, they saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Ethan Moore, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Hardin Northern is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 7-3 record this season. As for Ridgemont, they are on a five-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 3-7.
Hardin Northern will be playing at home against Pandora-Gilboa at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. As for Ridgemont, they will head out on the road to challenge Perry at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Perry is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 6.7 runs per game this season.
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