Capital dropped their record down to 11-3 on Tuesday, which also ended the team's four-game streak of wins on the road. They took a 7-2 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Peninsula Seahawks. Having soared to a lofty 12 runs in the game before, the Cougars couldn't push the score so high this time.
As for Peninsula, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 11-4-1. Seven 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.
For Peninsula's part, Kaleb Copeland tossed a big game, striking out seven batters over six innings while giving up just two earned runs off three hits. That's the most strikeouts Copeland has posted since back in April of 2024.
On the hitting side, Isaac Schultz-Tait was excellent, going 2-for-4 with two stolen bases, two runs, and one double. Pete Browand was another key player, going 1-for-4 with two RBI and one run.
While Capital 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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