Baseball Recap: Monday's Loss Ends Oran's Winning Streak

Eagles

Previous 5 Games

06/02/25 vs St. Elizabeth	6-7
05/28/25 vs South Iron	3-0
05/27/25 vs South Iron	3-0
05/27/25 @ Cooter	10-0
05/26/25 @ Cooter	10-0

Oran dropped their record down to 23-2 on Monday, which also ended the team's 20-game streak of wins. They fell just short of the St. Elizabeth Hornets by a score of 7-6. If the Eagles were looking for revenge after losing 9-2 to the Hornets when the teams met back in May of 2022, then they'll just have to keep looking.

As for St. Elizabeth, the win was the 17th in a row for them, bringing their record up to 24-7. The victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.6 runs on average over those games.

For St. Elizabeth's part, Brady Kemna made a splash no matter where he played. He pitched 3.2 innings while giving up just one earned run off one hit. Kemna has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two hits in four consecutive appearances. He was also big at the plate, getting on base in all five of his plate appearances with two RBI and one double.

In other batting news, Blake Wobbe and Sam Luetkemeyer did most of the damage at the plate: Wobbe got on base in all four of his plate appearances with one run, while Luetkemeyer went 2-for-5 with one triple and two RBI. That's the most hits Luetkemeyer has posted since back in May. Another player making a difference was Carter Reinkemeyer, who went 1-for-4 with one stolen base, one run, and one RBI.

Oran has already played their next match (against Wheatland), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. As for St. Elizabeth, they also wasted no time getting back out on the field and have already played their next game, a 5-2 win against Faith Christian Academy on the 3rd.