Yorkville & Thomson, Il.
The Hogs went 1-3 this past weekend with DH's vs Aurora Dolan & Murphy and the Thomson Merchants. The Hogs are now 3-5 with 3 of those losses by just one run. The Hogs have stepped it up against tough competition including five of their first eight games against ISC ranked teams. The Hogs are now off until May 17th when they open in the Yorkville Fastball League. The team will be cheering on the Cortland Razorbacks, who will act as the farm team for the Hogs, as they open play in Montgomery, Illinois on Saturday against an Aurora Church League team in a DH. Below are the weekend recaps.
Saturday vs D&M Shamrocks
Hogs 14
Shamorcks 9
WP Larry Lagerhausen
LP Jason Iuli
Tommy Crouch 3x3 2RBI T 2BB 4R, Chad Crutcher 2x3 D RBI 3R, Brian Crouch 3x5 2RBI, Tim Murphy 2x4 2RBI
The Hogs win their first ever game against the Shamrocks and had a 14-3 lead into the bottom of the seventh. The Shamrocks fought back for 6 runs in the bottom of the seventh to make it close.
Shamrocks 10
Hogs 4
WP Iuli
LP Murphy
Scott Beal 2x3, Tommy Crouch 1x3 3RBI T, Shaun Cavasos 1x3 2R
The Hogs fell behind early and couldn't recover in this one.
Sunday vs Thomson
Thomson 8
Hogs 1
WP Gollan
LP Flores
Shaun Cavasos 1x2 R, Mike Drew 1x3 RBI
Vic Flores on loan from BHAC Pride pitched well. Thomson scored 6 runs in the third inning all with 2 outs after a Hog error.
Thomson 5
Hogs 4
(9 innings)
WP Clark
LP Flores
Jay Armes 1x3 2RBI
Flores threw well again. The Hogs played well and had chances but could not get the runs in when they needed it.
Les
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