Sheboygan Area Lutheran had lost nine straight on the road dating back to last season, but on Thursday they dropped their record down to 1-16 to make it ten. They lost 10-0 to the Cedar Grove-Belgium Rockets. Unfortunately, that's the second time they've come up short against the Rockets this season, as they also lost their prior matchup 13-1 on Monday.
As for Cedar Grove-Belgium, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 15-3. The result was nothing new for the Rockets, who have now won nine games by seven runs or more so far this season.
For Cedar Grove-Belgium's part, they got a great performance from Seth Race as he didn't allow a single earned run over five innings pitched. The dominant performance also gave Race a new career-high in strikeouts (five).
On the hitting side, Cedar Grove-Belgium let Griffin Knight and Ira Hilbelink run wild. Knight went 3-for-4 with two stolen bases, three RBI, and one run, while Hilbelink went 2-for-4 with two runs, one triple, and one double. Knight has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played. Jonah Banton was another key player, going a perfect 2-for-2 with two runs.
Sheboygan Area Lutheran didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next match, an 18-0 loss against Howards Grove on the 19th. As for Cedar Grove-Belgium, they also wasted no time getting back out on the field and have already played their next contest, a 9-2 victory against New Holstein on the 16th.
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