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Mount Pulaski scored their only runs of the game in the top of
the first inning. Evan Cooper reached base to start the game
after he was hit by a pitch. After a walk to Landon Smith,
Jackson Fricke singled to load the bases. A fielder’s choice hit
by Gavin Smith drove in the Hilltoppers first run. Courtesy
runner Kolin Gibbs scored the Hilltoppers second run on a wild
pitch.
The Hilltoppers 2-0 lead was intact until the bottom of the
fifth inning.
PORTA scored three runs in the fifth inning off starter Evan
Cooper to take the 3-2 lead.
The Hilltoppers were retired in order in both the sixth and
seventh innings.
Evan Cooper (2-1) went the distance for Mount Pulaski on the
mound. He tossed six innings, allowing three runs on six hits.
Only one run was earned. Cooper struck out eight batters and did
not allow a single walk.
Mount Pulaski’s Jackson Fricke had the only two hits for the
Mount Pulaski offense. Seven Hilltoppers struck out versus PORTA
pitching.
The Hilltoppers record is now 6-1.
[Teena Lowery] |
