After a string of five wins, Spearville's good fortune finally ran out on Thursday. They fell just short of the Cimarron Bluejays by a score of 13-12. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Monday (ten), Spearville still had to take the loss.
Austin Ruiz was huge while hitting and pitching even without the win. He looked comfortable on the mound, striking out six batters over 4.2 innings while giving up three earned (and one unearned) runs off five hits (and only one walk). Ruiz was even better at the plate, going 2-for-4 with a home run, five RBI, and two runs.
In other batting news, Blake Werner was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring a run while going 2-for-6. The team also got some help courtesy of Ian Melendez, who scored a run while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances.
On Cimarron's side, they let Trace Kopper and Adonis Batman loose on the outfield. Kopper scored three runs and stole two bases while going 1-for-5, while Batman scored two runs while going 2-for-4. Kopper has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played. Another player making a difference was Coulter Dohrmann, who scored two runs while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances.
Spearville's loss dropped their record down to 5-2. As for Cimarron, they now have a winning record of 5-4.
The teams didn't have to wait long for a rematch: they beat Spearville by a score of 12-5 later that day.
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