Friday just wasn't the day for Weed's offense. Their rough 10-0 defeat to the Etna Lions on Friday might stick with them for a while. Weed has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
For Etna's part, Clayton Harris made a splash no matter where he played. He looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run and only one hit while striking out ten over five innings pitched. Harris has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in three consecutive pitching appearances. Harris was also solid in the batter's box, scoring two runs while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances.
In other batting news, Etna got a big performance out of Kyle Fowle, who scored a run while going 2-for-2. Noah Hubbard was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing two bases while going 2-for-3.
Weed now has a losing record at 5-6. As for Etna, the win was the fourth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 10-3.
Weed will get a bit of extra time to process the loss as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Los Molinos at 4:00 p.m. on April 23rd. As for Etna, they will be playing at home against Maxwell at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams will come into the matchup having just posted big wins, so someone is set to suffer a big change in fortunes.
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