South Dearborn made up a huge gap compared to their last game against Jennings County, but they still couldn't quite topple them. The Knights fell just short of the Panthers by a score of 6-4 on Tuesday. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest loss the Knights have suffered against the Panthers since May 5, 2015.
South Dearborn saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Ryker Morris, who went 2-for-3 with one run.
This is the second loss in a row for South Dearborn and nudges their season record down to 7-5. Admittedly, the team was facing some tough opposition over that stretch, including 8-5 East Central (their opponents had an average overall winning percentage of 55.8% over those games). As for Jennings County, the win got them back to even at 7-7.
Looking ahead, South Dearborn will host East Central at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. The Knights will need to watch out since the Trojans have now posted at least ten runs in their last four matches. As for Jennings County, they didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next game, an 11-1 defeat against Jeffersonville on the 7th.
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