Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Eastern). Everything went their way against the Northfield Norsemen on Friday as they made off with a 14-3 win. This was payback for the Comets, who suffered a 12-3 loss the last time these two teams met.
Kaleb Hurt was a major factor no matter where he played. He struck out six batters over five innings while giving up three earned runs off seven hits. Hurt was also stellar in the batter's box, going a perfect 4-for-4 with one home run, five RBI, and two runs. He has been hot, having also posted at least one stolen base the last five times he's played.
In other batting news, Jon Warren was a standout: he went a perfect 3-for-3 with one home run and two doubles. Another player making a difference was Alister Shrock, who went a perfect 1-for-1 with one home run, two runs, and two RBI.
Comets
| 04/18/25 vs Northfield | 52% |
| 04/17/25 @ Tipton | 37% |
| 04/15/25 vs Marion | 27.3% |
| 04/12/25 vs Rochester | 30.4% |
| 04/12/25 vs Peru | 33.3% |
| + 26 more games |
Eastern was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .520. The last time their batting average was this high was back in April of 2024.
The victory was the third in a row for Eastern, bringing their record up to 7-2. Those wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.7 runs on average over those games. As for Northfield, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 3-5.
The teams didn't have to wait long for a rematch: Eastern beat the Norsemen by a score of 12-2 later that day.
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