Reeths-Puffer fell to Mona Shores Tuesday in a O-K Green Conference
doubleheader, losing a tough game two 6-3 after a 12-1 defeat in game
one.
The Rockets attempted to rally late in the nightcap after
falling behind 3-0, but Shores kept adding insurance runs. R-P scored
twice in the seventh inning and had the bases loaded - Jack Yonkman drew
a bases-loaded walk to make it 6-3 - but couldn't get any closer.
Brayden Meuwenberg got two hits for the Rockets in the game, and Connor McManus scored twice.
R-P
took the lead in the first inning of game one when Yonkman was hit by a
pitch, stole second base, reached third on a groundout and scored on a
passed ball, but the Rocket bats were otherwise shut down by Shores'
star pitcher, University of Louisville commit Owen Tornga. Tornga and
teammate Grady Gawkowski combined on a five-inning no-hitter, with
Tornga handling the first four innings. He struck out nine. Shores
grabbed the lead in the third with a five-run burst and kept adding on
from there.
