Post 129 gains 1st win over weekend
The Hillsboro American Legion Post 129 baseball team played in six games over the weekend, going 1-5 in the process with the win coming on Saturday afternoon.
Overall, Post 129 stands at 1-7 for the summer season.
On Sunday, the Post 129 team lost by scores of 18-2 and 17-2 to Circleville Post 134 at Shaffer Park.
Scoring runs in the 17-2 loss for Post 129 were Ty Crum and Jared Halley, with both runs scoring in the fifth inning.
Leading Hillsboro at the plate were Latrell Haithcock, Halley and Wyatt Crothers, who each finished with one hit in the loss. Halley's hit was a double.
Drawing walks for Post 129 were Crum, Andrew Reuss, Taylor Anderson and Crothers.
Post 134 scored their runs with a two-run first, followed by a six-run second and a two-run third. In the fourth, they added seven runs.
In the second game against Post 134 Sunday, Post 129 had runs scored by Crum and Jesse Walker. Crum and Crothers each had a hit.
Post 134 began their 16-run win with a nine-run first, followed by three runs in the second and four runs in the third. The fourth inning saw Post 134 score two final runs.
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On Saturday, the games were closer for Hillsboro as they went 1-1 against Chillicothe Post 757, winning one of the two games by a 4-3 score. The loss came by a 10-2 score.
In the one-run win by Hillsboro, they scattered out their scoring in the first, second and seventh innings.
Crum scored the first run of the game, starting with a base hit to center field. From there, he eventually scored on a hit by Ryan.
In the second, Jacob Burns walked and eventually scored a run to put the Post 129 team up 2-0.
Post 757 didn't go away easy, scoring three runs in the bottom of the seventh.
The seventh for Post 129 saw Anderson and Kendall Vilvens cross home plate, with both batters having a double in the inning. Both Anderson and Vilvens each led Post 129 with two hits each, with Vilvens having two doubles.
In the 10-2 loss, Post 129 scored on run in the sixth and one run in the seventh, with Haithcock and Crothers crossing home plate. Haithcock led Post 129 with two hits.
For Post 757, they scored one run in the first, followed by another run in the fourth. In the sixth, Chillicothe added seven runs, and in the seventh, Post 757 added one more run.
On Friday, Hillsboro lost to Piqua by scores of 8-4 and 6-5.
In the one-run loss by a 6-5 score, Post 129 saw Haithcock score two runs, along with Crum, Ryan and Klay Walker each scoring one run.
Haithcock and Ryan each had two hits in the loss.
In the 8-4 loss, Hillsboro saw Ryan Collett, Wilson, Andrew Ledley and Vilvens score one run each.
Post 129 scored two runs in the third inning of a two-run home run by Wilson, and in the sixth, Ledley and Vilvens rounded the bases.
Haithcock went 3-for-4 in the loss. Crum finished with two hits, as did Ledley.