Errors Again Cost Abell

Jack Abell Baseball lost their second consectutive game Wednesday night. The final score was 10-8 as they lost to the Angels in Cresaptown.

Once again, Abell jumped on top early, this time with two runs in the top of the first. Jack Hawkins smacked a double and was followed up by a Van Meter hit to score. Van Meter made his way around on a couple of steals as Abell opened up an early 2-0 lead.

A couple of errors in the bottom half of the inning allowed the Angels to tie the game. Then several errors by the Abell defense in the second and third innings allowed the Angels to surge ahead by a 7-2 margin. Abell grabbed 2 runs to make it 7-4, then a couple of unearned runs in the 4th and 5th allowed the Angles to run to a 10-5 lead heading into the 6th.

To Abells credit, they didn't give up as extra base hits by Condor, McKenzie, and Knieriem pulled Abell closer as they made it 10-8, but in the end, it was too little, too late. Although there weren't any baserunning blunders, Abell was unable to overcome a second consecutive game that saw more unearned runs than earned runs. Abell moves to 9-3 on the year and plays again Thursday night.