North Bullitt scored the most runs they've had all season on Friday, but it wasn't enough. They fell just short of the Forbush Falcons by a score of 19-17. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Tuesday (12), North Bullitt still had to take the loss.
For Forbush's part, Thomas Conrad made a big impact while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run and only one hit while striking out eight over 4.1 innings pitched. Conrad has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't tossed less than eight strikeouts in three consecutive pitching appearances. Conrad was also solid in the batter's box, scoring three runs and stealing a base while getting on base in two of his five plate appearances.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Christopher (CJ) Boyd, who went 1-for-2 with a triple and an RBI.
North Bullitt now has a losing record at 6-7. As for Forbush, the victory was the sixth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 13-2.
North Bullitt will look to defend their home field on Monday against Christian Educational Consortium at 5:30 p.m. North Bullitt is facing Christian Educational Consortium at the right time seeing as Christian Educational Consortium is stuck on a four-game losing streak. As for Forbush, they will head out on the road to challenge North Wilkes at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Forbush's pitching crew has only allowed 2.3 runs per game this season, so North Wilkes' hitters will have their work cut out for them.
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