Baseball Recap: Coldwater Takes a Loss

Coldwater fought the good fight in their extra-innings game against Western on Tuesday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Panthers by a score of 10-8. The loss continues a trend for the Cardinals in their meetings with the Panthers: they've now lost three in a row.

Dayton Ennis and Landon Auble were huge while hitting and pitching even without the win. Throwing, Ennis tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits. Meanwhile, Auble pitched six innings while giving up three earned (and four unearned) runs off eight hits. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-low in walks (two). At the plate, Ennis got on base in three of his five plate appearances with one run and one RBI, while Auble got on base in all three of his plate appearances with one run and one RBI. Auble also put up a hit, which was his first of the season.

In other batting news, Finn Hansen made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and went 2-for-5 with two RBI, one run, and one double. That double marked the first that he has hit this season. Owen Tappenden was another key player, going 2-for-4 with two RBI and one run.

Coldwater's defeat dropped their record down to 4-8. As for Western, their record is now 3-6-1.

Coming up, Coldwater will welcome Northwest at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. As for Western, they will head out to challenge Gabriel Richard at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. The Panthers are facing the Fighting Irish at the right time seeing as the Fighting Irish are stuck on a six-game losing streak.