Hoptown Hoppers Defeats Dubois County Bombers In High-Scoring Game, 16-9
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
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Dubois County Bombers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 3 |
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Hoptown Hoppers | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | X | 16 | 12 | 2 |
Both offenses were strong in Hoptown Hoppers 16-9 victory over Dubois County Bombers .
Dubois County Bombers fired up the offense in the first inning, when Grant Hotchkiss singled on a 0-2 count, scoring one run.
Hoptown Hoppers pulled away for good with five runs in the third inning. In the third Ren Tachioka singled on a 1-0 count, scoring one run, Edmundo Alanis drew a walk, scoring one run, Drew Donaldson drew a walk, scoring one run, and Sean Sullivan singled on a 1-1 count, scoring two runs.
Dubois County Bombers scored three runs in the seventh inning. Dubois County Bombers scored its runs on a sacrifice fly by Andrew Kightlinger.
Arren Hash took the win for Hoptown Hoppers. The righty allowed eight hits and three runs over six innings, striking out eight. Jacob Dilday, Blake Sarjent, and Aaron Moss all put in work in relief out of the bullpen, steering their team towards the victory.
Jack DeDonato took the loss for Dubois County Bombers. DeDonato allowed one hit and five runs over one-third of an inning.
Ben Aird started the game for Dubois County Bombers. Aird allowed one hit and zero runs over two innings, striking out three and walking zero
Hoptown Hoppers racked up 12 hits in the game. Alanis, Joshua Rodriguez, and Tachioka each managed multiple hits for Hoptown Hoppers. Rodriguez and Alanis each collected three hits to lead Hoptown Hoppers.
Dubois County Bombers totaled 16 hits. Hotchkiss, Seth Benner, Connor Oxley, Terrick Thompson, Xander Willis, and Josh Newton each had multiple hits for Dubois County Bombers.
Umpires
Wayne Seeley - HP
Johnny Lowery - 1B
Alex Clark - 3B