Baseball Recap: Mena Comes Up Short

Mena was the 9-2 winner over Ozark when they last played one another on April 7th, but their luck changed this time around. The Bearcats fell just short of the Hillbillies by a score of 5-4 on Friday. The Bearcats have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.

Tripp Hensley

Runs

04/10/26 vs Clarksville	4
04/24/26 @ Ozark	2
04/17/26 @ Waldron	2
04/07/26 vs Ozark	2
03/31/26 vs Waldron	2
+ 3 more games

Tripp Hensley was cooking despite his team's loss, going 1-for-3 with two runs and one stolen base. He is becoming a predictor of Mena's success: when he posts at least two runs the team is 4-2 (and 2-10 when he doesn't). Cole Schauble was another key player, going 2-for-3 with one RBI.

Mena's defeat dropped their record down to 6-12. As for Ozark, their win ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 6-8.

As of now, neither Mena nor the Hillbillies have any future games scheduled.