Glenn had lost three straight on the road, but on Monday they dropped their record down to 4-20 to make it four. They came up short against the Stevenson Spartans, falling 10-1. Having soared to a lofty ten runs in the game before, the Rockets couldn't push the score so high this time.
As for Stevenson, the victory was the third in a row for them, bringing their record up to 12-14-1. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.7 runs on average over those games.
For Stevenson's part, Nate Patterson made a splash while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, pitching 2.1 innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Patterson has become a key player for Stevenson: the team is 2-1 when he allows at most one hit, but 10-13-1 otherwise. Patterson was even better at the plate, going a perfect 4-for-4 with five stolen bases, three RBI, and two runs. Those three RBI gave him a new career-high.
In other batting news, Stevenson got a big performance out of Caden Gawkowski, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with two runs, one stolen base, and one double. Gawkowski is becoming a predictor of the Spartans' success: when he posts at least two runs the team is 5-1 (and 7-13-1 when he doesn't). Christian Lang was another key player, going 1-for-4 with two stolen bases, two runs, and two RBI.
While Glenn 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 Wednesday.
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