The Hancock County Hornets will venture away from home to challenge the Madisonville-North Hopkins Maroons at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
While Hornets fans will have to keep waiting for their squad to come home, they shouldn't be too worried about the road trip considering the result of Tuesday's season opener. They put the hurt on Trinity with a sharp 15-9 win on Tuesday. The victory was a breath of fresh air for the Hornets as it put an end to their six-game losing streak dating back to last season.
Dec Lewko and Carson Clark made a splash while hitting and pitching. Throwing, Lewko struck out six batters over two innings while giving up just one earned run off one hit. Meanwhile, Clark tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. That's the fewest hits Lewko has allowed since back in April of 2024. At the plate, Lewko scored two runs and stole Two bases. while getting on base in two of his four plate appearances, while Clark went a perfect 1-for-1 with two RBI and one double. Those two RBI gave Clark a new career-high.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Jack Roberts, who scored three runs and stole Two bases. while going 2-for-2. Tripp Hager was another key player, scoring two runs while going 2-for-2.
Meanwhile, Madisonville-North Hopkins won against Crittenden County on Saturday with 11 runs and they decided to stick to that run total again on Monday. Madisonville-North Hopkins blew past Ohio County 11-1. The Maroons' win was nothing new given the team hasn't lost yet this season.
Madisonville-North Hopkins got a big performance out of Ryder Sandidge, who scored three runs while going 3-for-4. Another player making a difference was Brantley Harris, who scored three runs while going 2-for-3.
Madisonville-North Hopkins always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .571. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Ohio County only posted an OBP of .381.
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