South Beloit lost against Hiawatha back in March of 2018, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Thursday. The South Beloit Sobos took a 12-7 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Hiawatha Hawks. South Beloit has not had much luck with Hiawatha recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.
Jonah Martinez was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring a run and stealing a base while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances.
Even though they lost, South Beloit didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 11 strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Hiawatha only tossed six.
On Hiawatha's side, Aiden Cooper and Blake Wiegartz did most of the damage at the plate: Cooper scored three runs and stole two bases while going 4-for-5, while Wiegartz scored a run and stole a base while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Tim Pruitt, who went 1-for-1 with a stolen base and two RBI.
South Beloit's loss dropped their record down to 5-13. As for Hiawatha, their win ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 3-17.
South Beloit will take on Alden-Hebron at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Hiawatha does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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