The Connersville Spartans are on the road again on Wednesday to play the South Dearborn Knights at 6:30 p.m. The pair were dealt some close losses in their previous games and are determined not to let this one get away.
Last Friday, it was a hard-fought game, but Connersville had to settle for a 9-7 defeat against Pendleton Heights.
Brody Shearer made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored a run while going 2-for-4.
Meanwhile, South Dearborn was not able to break out of their rough patch on Saturday as the team picked up their fourth straight loss. They fell just short of Lawrenceburg by a score of 4-2. That's two games in a row now that South Dearborn has lost by exactly two runs.
South Dearborn also got a good showing from Tyeler Gulden, who pitched three innings while giving up no earned runs off three hits. Gulden has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in five consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, South Dearborn saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jackson Johnson, who scored a run while going 1-for-2.
Connersville's defeat was their seventh straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 10-13. As for South Dearborn, their loss dropped their record down to 7-17.
Connersville suffered a grim 7-1 defeat to South Dearborn in their previous meeting last Friday. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of South Dearborn's Hunter Gates, who didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit over four innings pitched. Now that Connersville knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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