City Honors stacked a seventh blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Saturday. They put the hurt on the Hutchinson-Central Tech Engineers with a sharp 9-1 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for City Honors.
Dean Tripp made a splash no matter where he played. He looked comfortable on the mound, striking out seven batters over seven innings while giving up just one earned run off four hits. Tripp has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in four consecutive pitching appearances. Tripp was also solid in the batter's box, scoring two runs and stealing a base while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances.
In other batting news, Lev Schneiderman was incredible, scoring three runs and stealing a base while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Eamon Langdon, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-4.
On Hutchinson-Central Tech's side, they saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Nathan Mulligan, who went 1-for-3 with a triple.
City Honors' victory was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 8-1. As for Hutchinson-Central Tech, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-3.
City Honors will head out on the road to take on South Park at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. City Honors' pitching crew has only allowed 2.2 runs per game this season, so South Park's hitters will have their work cut out for them. As for Hutchinson-Central Tech, they will head out on the road to challenge McKinley at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. Hutchinson-Central Tech is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 9.6 runs per game this season.
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