Baseball Recap: Lower Moreland Takes a Loss

Lower Moreland extended their losing streak to four on Wednesday, dropping them down to 2-4. They lost 13-5 to New Hope-Solebury. Unfortunately, that's the second time they've come up short against New Hope-Solebury this season, as they also lost their prior matchup 12-1 on Tuesday.

Evan Stine made the most of his time in the batter's box despite the final result and went 2-for-4 with two stolen bases, two RBI, and one run. Another player making a difference was Kevin Fay, who went 1-for-3 with two RBI, one run, and one double.

As for New Hope-Solebury, the victory keeps them at an undefeated 5-0. The team's perfect season has a lot to do with their hitting performance: the team's won by an average of 10.9 runs thus far.

On New Hope-Solebury's side, Gavin Caponegro and Charlie Plebani made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, Caponegro tossed three innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off five hits. Meanwhile, Plebani struck out six batters over four innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off two hits. Caponegro has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than one walk in three consecutive appearances. At bat, Caponegro went 1-for-3 with two runs and one RBI, while Plebani went 2-for-5 with three RBI, one run, and one double. Those three RBI gave Plebani a new career-high.

In other batting news, Lucas Kevorkian and JT Bach did most of the damage at the plate: Kevorkian went 2-for-4 with four RBI, one stolen base, and one double, while Bach got on base in four of his five plate appearances with three runs and one double. That stolen base was Kevorkian's first of the season. The team also got some help courtesy of Joe Rickard, who got on base in three of his five plate appearances with one stolen base and one run.

While Lower Moreland 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 3:45 p.m. on Friday.