Hoopeston was the 3-0 winner over Armstrong when they last played one another back in May of 2023, but their luck changed this time around. The Hoopeston Cornjerkers fell just short of the Armstrong Trojans by a score of 3-1 on Monday. That's two games in a row now that Hoopeston has lost by exactly two runs.
Hoopeston saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Ryker Small, who went 1-for-3 with a double.
This is the second loss in a row for Hoopeston and nudges their season record down to 14-9. As for Armstrong, their win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 13-5.
Hoopeston will challenge North Vermillion at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Hoopeston is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.9 runs per game this season. Armstrong does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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