Kent City had lost three straight on the road, but on Monday they dropped their record down to 1-3 to make it four. They fell 9-6 to the Morley Stanwood Mohawks. Unfortunately, that's the second time they've come up short against the Mohawks this season, as they also lost their prior matchup 9-5 on Monday.
Aaron Vanderwest put in work no matter where he played. He looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single hit and allowing only one earned run while striking out eight over 4.1 innings pitched. Vanderwest was also big at the plate, going a perfect 4-for-4 with four stolen bases, one run, and one RBI.
In other batting news, Derek Rodenerg made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and went 2-for-3 with two doubles and one run. Those doubles marked the first that he has hit this season. Grayson Preston was another key player, going 2-for-3 with two runs.
As for Morley Stanwood, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 4-4. Nine seems to be a good number for they as the squad scooped up a win with the same number of runs in their previous game.
On Morley Stanwood's side, Jayden Phillips looked comfortable as he tossed four innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off four hits. Phillips also tossed a walk, which is notable because the Mohawks are 2-1 when he allows at most one walk, but 2-3 otherwise.
At the plate, Morley Stanwood's victory was truly a team effort as four different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Devin Garbow, who went 1-for-3 with one run, one double, and one RBI.
While Kent City had to take the loss, they won't have to wait long to give it another shot: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday.
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