Indians fall to visiting Blue Lions

The Hillsboro Indians baseball team narrowly lost their Frontier Athletic Conference game on Wednesday, falling at home to the Washington Blue Lions by a 4-3 score at Hillsboro High School. 

The Indians had two runners on the bases with two outs as the Indians attempted to steal home, but were out at the plate, sending Washington back to Fayette County with the FAC victory. 

In the game, it was HHS scoring first with a run in the bottom of the first for a 1-0 lead. Washington tied the score with a run in the top of the second. Hillsboro regained the lead with a run in the bottom of the fourth, but that run was quickly equaled with a run scored by the Blue Lions in the top of the fifth for a 2-2 tied score. 

The Indians broke the tie again with a run crossing the plate in the bottom of the fifth inning for a 3-2 lead, but the Blue Lions tied the score with a run in the top of the sixth, then they added one final run in the top of the seventh to eventually earn the win. 

The game saw the visiting Washington squad total nine hits with no errors, while the Indians had 11 hits and two errors. 

Washington had three players with two hits each as they were Bryson Heath (2-for-3 including a triple), Bentley Lester (2-for-2) and Cooper Robertson (including a double). The Blue Lions also had a triple in the game by Sam Lotz. Malachi Wynne was the winning pitcher with three earned runs allowed in seven innings with one strikeout. 

The Indians had two players with three-hit games as Walker Pence went 3-for-4 with one run with two steals, and teammate Jack Cornele was 3-for-4 with one run, one RBI, a double and two steals. 

Nate Lane was 2-for-3 with an RBI. Brody Kelch finished 1-for-4 with a steal. Zack Brown finished 1-for-2 with an RBI, a walk, a sacrifice fly and two steals. 

Luke Holland was 1-for-3. Mason Dumpert finished with a steal and one run. 

Brady Juillerat pitched all seven innings for the Indians where he allowed three earned runs with seven strikeouts. 

The Indians are now 3-3 in the FAC and 7-7 overall. Washington moves to 2-4 in the FAC standings and 4-7 overall. 

Hillsboro will play next on Friday, April 24 at home against the Wilmington Hurricane at 5 p.m. 

BOX SCORE
WHS    010 011 1 — 4 9 0
HHS    100 110 0 — 3 11 2