A district baseball summit battle of the top two teams ended poorly for the Wildcats due to walks and errors in an 8-1 loss to Hallsville at Wildcat Park Thursday night (April 1).
Wildcats’ pitchers held the Bobcats to just 5 hits but 11 walks and 5 errors made the hits effective.
Meanwhile the Wildcats also struggled with the bats collecting only 4 hits and scoring only 1 run. Wildcats pitcher Hayden Hurst took the loss. He kept the Wildcats close but could only go 5 innings when his pitch count maxed out at 111. Hurst only allowed 2 hits and 3 runs while striking out 7 but he walked 9. Matthew Sherman went the final 2 innings allowing 3 hits and no earned runs. Faulty fielding and two more walks resulted in 5 unearned runs scoring.
Both Mayer Millsap and Matthew Singleton had 2 hits. Millsap also walked and scored the Wildcats lone run. Singleton hit a double. Hurst had the Wildcats’ RBI. Kaden Wallace and Colt Silman had walks.
The Wildcats slip to 4-2 in district play after the first half of the schedule. They are 7-12 for the season. The Wildcats open the second half of district play at Longview Tuesday night.
KSST is proud to be the official Wildcat and Lady Cat Station. We broadcast Sulphur Springs ISD games year round live on radio. When allowed, we also broadcast games via our YouTube channel.
