The Huntland High School Hornets lost to the Community Vikings 2-1 on the road Thursday for their eighth loss of the season.
The Vikings took the lead in the middle innings of the low-scoring contest with the Hornets not being able to find a tying score late.
Neither team got a runner past first base until the top of the fourth when Matthew Dickson led off the inning with a double for Huntland. However, a pop out, a groundout and a strikeout followed to strand Dickson in scoring position.
The Vikings also got a leadoff double to start their portion of the fourth inning with an RBI single a few batters later breaking the scoreless tie and giving Community a 1-0 edge.
The Vikings loaded the bases in the bottom of the fifth on a walk and two hit batters, and a two-out error led to a run scoring to make it a 2-0 game late.
The Hornets were able to get on the board in the top of the sixth as Dickson hit a one-out single, stole second and ultimately came around to score on a sacrifice fly from Caleb Maxwell. Landon Kerr advanced to second on the sacrifice fly after drawing a walk earlier in the frame, but he wouldn’t advance any farther as the potential tying run.
The Hornets were retired in order in the top of the seventh as they lost by one.
Maxwell pitched a complete game for the Hornets with three strikeouts, three hits, one walk, one earned run and one unearned run allowed.
With the loss, the Hornets moved to 7-8 on the season.
Eagleville 14, Hornets 2Â
The Hornets lost to the Eagleville Eagles 14-2 at home Tuesday for their seventh loss of the season.
The Hornets fell behind by a decent amount early with the Eagles pulling away in the last two innings to move their record for the season back down to .500.
The Eagles scored three runs before the first out of the contest was recorded, and they capitalized off of a few errors to score a fourth run later in the top of the first.
The Hornets were able to chip away some of the deficit in the bottom of the first with Dickson hitting an RBI single to make it a 4-1 game.
The Eagles scored a run in the top of the third and added another two runs in the top of the fourth to push the deficit up to 7-1 at the game’s midway point.
A three-run sixth inning from the Eagles put the Hornets in a 10-1 hole late in the contest.
The Hornets were able to score another run in the bottom of the sixth as Grant Jernigan hit a leadoff single, moved to second on a passed ball, stole third and scored off of an error on a ball hit by Maxwell to make it a 10-2 game.
However, the Eagles scored four more runs in the top of the seventh to bring the deficit up to double digits, and the Hornets weren’t able to respond in the final inning as they lost by 12.
Daltyn Howell pitched the first 5 1-3 innings for the Hornets with three strikeouts, 10 hits, two walks, six earned runs and four unearned runs allowed.
Dickson pitched the remaining 1 2-3 innings for Huntland with two strikeouts, four hits, two walks, three earned runs and one unearned run allowed.
With the loss, the Hornets moved to 7-7 on the season and 2-2 in district play.
They will next play Monday at Fayetteville City High School. First pitch is scheduled for 5:30 p.m.
