Cherokee was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They came up short against the Murphy Bulldogs, falling 17-3. Unfortunately, that's the second time they've come up short against the Bulldogs this season, as they also lost their prior matchup 10-0 last Monday.
Cherokee saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Wakinyan Raines, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with two stolen bases and two doubles.
Cherokee's loss dropped their record down to 1-3. As for Murphy, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 2-3.
Cherokee will get a bit of extra time to process the defeat as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Andrews at 4:30 p.m. on March 25th. Murphy has already played their next matchup (against Towns County), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.
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