The Wauzeka-Steuben Hornets Baseball team won a pair of games over the past week and a half but also dropped a pair of games. It all started with the Hornets road game at La Farge on Thursday, April 23, which was suspended in the bottom of the second inning due to thunderstorms (with W-S already leading 9-0) before ultimately being ruled a win in favor of Wauzeka-Steuben.

The Hornets scored five runs in the top of the first inning and four in the second inning for their nine runs. Bentley Dums earned the win, allowing zero runs on zero hits and one walk with two strikeouts in 1.1 innings pitched. The offensive attack was led by Cody Wagner (1-for-2 with a double and two RBIs), Cooper Lomas (1-for-2 with two runs scored) and Dums (1-for-1 with one run scored and one RBI).

De Soto came to town last Monday, April 27 and jumped out to a 5-0 lead after two and a half innings before the Hornets scored four times in the bottom of the third to make it a one-run game. The Pirates added three insurance runs in the fifth inning and one more in the sixth to extend their lead to 9-4, which would end up being the final score.

Lomas (five runs allowed on four hits and two walks with two strikeouts in 4.0 innings pitched) was the losing pitcher for the Hornets, while Dums (four runs allowed on three hits and six walks with two strikeouts in 3.0 innings pitched) pitched in relief.

Wagner (2-for-3 with one RBI), Lomas (2-for-4 with one run scored) and Mason Johnson (2-for-4 with one run scored and one RBI) led the Hornets offense with multiple hits in the loss. Clint Mitchell (1-for-4 with one run scored), Theo Millin (1-for-4 with one run scored and one RBI) and Ryder Fralick (1-for-4) each had a base hit in the loss.

The week concluded for the Hornets with a game under the lights last Friday night at Boscobel. The Bulldogs took a 2-0 lead into the bottom of the fourth inning where they scored seven times to break the game open before adding one more run in the bottom of the fifth inning to end the game 10-0 in five innings.
Fralick got the start on the mound for Wauzeka-Steuben, allowing seven runs on six hits and four walks with five strikeouts in 3.0 innings pitched in the loss. Martin allowed three runs on three hits and three walks with two strikeouts in 1.2 innings pitched in relief.

W-S was held to three hits as a team with Lomas (1-for-2), Martin (1-for-2) and Wagner (1-for-2) accounting for three hits.

The Hornets (3-6 overall, 2-4 in the Ridge & Valley Conference) were scheduled to travel to Weston this past Monday night and host Cashton last night before hosting North Crawford tomorrow night at 5:00 p.m.