The Rockhurst Hawklets are on the road again on Wednesday to play the Blue Springs Wildcats at 4:00 p.m.
On Monday, Rockhurst didn't have quite enough to beat Blue Springs South and fell 3-2.
Evan Hartner was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he tossed 5.2 innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off six hits.
On the hitting side, Rockhurst saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Charlie Bernstein, who scored a run while going 1-for-2.
Meanwhile, Blue Springs faced Lee's Summit West in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Saturday. Blue Springs came out on top against Lee's Summit West by a score of 9-4. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Blue Springs.
Rockhurst's defeat dropped their record down to 7-16. As for Blue Springs, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 18-8 record this season.
Rockhurst came out on top in a nail-biter against Blue Springs in their previous meeting back in May of 2023, sneaking past 3-2. Does Rockhurst have another victory up their sleeve, or will Blue Springs turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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