Chieftains
| 04/30/25 @ Lakota | 6 |
| 04/28/25 @ Calvert | 3 |
| 04/26/25 @ Seneca East | 5 |
| 04/24/25 vs Gibsonburg | 7 |
| 04/23/25 @ Danbury | 12 |
| + 12 more games |
The Hopewell-Loudon Chieftains will venture away from home to take on the Margaretta Polar Bears at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Hopewell-Loudon is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.9 runs per game this season.
Things were looking good for Hopewell-Loudon after they put the first run on the board on Wednesday, but unfortunately for them things went downhill from there. They fell just short of Lakota by a score of 7-6. That's two games in a row now that the Chieftains have lost by just one run.
Kellen Frankart was cooking despite his team's loss, going 2-for-3 with two runs and one RBI.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Margaretta). Everything went their way against Port Clinton on Wednesday as they made off with an 18-2 victory. The Polar Bears not only won on Wednesday, but they posted their biggest win since April 10th (when they won 16-0).
This is the second loss in a row for Hopewell-Loudon and nudges their season record down to 13-4. Even worse, they were so close both times: the losses came by an average of only one runs. As for Margaretta, their win ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 5-13.
Hopewell-Loudon was able to grind out a solid victory over Margaretta in their previous matchup back in April of 2023, winning 4-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Chieftains since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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