Hamilton can now show off seven landslide victories after their most recent contest on Friday. Everything went their way against the Sulligent Blue Devils as the Hamilton Lions made off with a 9-2 win. Nine seems to be a good number for Hamilton as the squad scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Blake Gosa spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered two runs (both of which were unearned) on three hits and racked up 12 Ks.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on JD Whitaker, who went 2-for-2 with a home run, two runs, and two RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Paxton Dobbs, who went 2-for-4 with three RBI and a double.
On Sulligent's side, they saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Kenyon Taylor, who went 1-for-2 with a stolen base.
Even though they lost, Sulligent didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with five strikeouts. This was only their 12th loss (out of 18 games) when they post five or more strikeouts.
The win made it two in a row for Hamilton and bumps their season record up to 14-9. As for Sulligent, they are on a seven-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 6-15.
Hamilton will look to defend their home field on Saturday against Smithville at 2:00 p.m. Hamilton is facing Smithville at the right time seeing as Smithville is stuck on a three-game losing streak. As for Sulligent, they will head out on the road to face off against Lamar County on Monday.
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