Sweet Home lost against Iroquois back in May of 2023, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Saturday. The Sweet Home Panthers lost 15-3 to the Iroquois Redhawks. The defeat continues a trend for Sweet Home in their matchups with Iroquois: they've now lost four in a row.
Sweet Home saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jacob Brand, who went 1-for-2 with an RBI.
Even though they lost, Sweet Home didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with eight strikeouts. This was only their ninth loss (out of 15 games) when they post five or more strikeouts.
Sweet Home's loss dropped their record down to 6-11-1. As for Iroquois, their victory bumped their record up to 10-5.
Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Sweet Home will challenge Amherst Central at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. As for Iroquois, they are on the road again on Monday to play Pioneer at 5:00 p.m. Iroquois' pitching crew has only allowed 3.4 runs per game this season, so Pioneer's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
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