Howards Grove was the 12-10 winner over Cedar Grove-Belgium when they last played one another back in April of 2023, but their luck changed this time around. The Howards Grove Tigers lost 14-2 to the Cedar Grove-Belgium Rockets on Monday. Howards Grove has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Howards Grove saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Trey Sixel, who scored a run while going 1-for-2.
On Cedar Grove-Belgium's side, Jude Ackeret tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run while striking out six over 4.2 innings pitched. Ackeret has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts in five consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Carter Schmitz and Ira Hilbelink did most of the damage at the plate: Schmitz scored two runs while going 3-for-3, while Hilbelink scored four runs and stole a base while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Brayden Oelhafen, who scored four runs while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances.
Howards Grove's loss dropped their record down to 6-8-1. As for Cedar Grove-Belgium, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 10-4 record this season.
While Howards Grove 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 4:30 p.m. on Thursday.
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