Howell Central lost against Fort Zumwalt West back in April of 2023, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Wednesday. The Howell Central Spartans took a 7-3 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Fort Zumwalt West Jaguars. Howell Central has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
For Fort Zumwalt West's part, Tanner Sullivan tossed a big game, striking out six batters over 5.2 innings while giving up three earned runs off five hits (and only one walk).
At the plate, Brant Deverman and Michael Wolff did most of the damage at the plate: Deverman scored a run and stole a base while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances, while Wolff scored two runs while going 2-for-3. Landon Young was another key contributor, going 3-for-4 with two RBI and a double.
Howell Central's loss dropped their record down to 12-11-1. As for Fort Zumwalt West, the win was the fourth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 22-7.
While Howell Central 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 4:15 p.m. on Thursday.
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