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Harmony Grove pitcher Isaac Patterson throws a pitch in a benefit game against Bauxite last week. The Cardinals would fall 3-2 to the Camden Harmony Grove Hornets in the Battle of the Groves Monday in Haskell.
Harmony Grove pitcher Isaac Patterson throws a pitch in a benefit game against Bauxite last week. The Cardinals would fall 3-2 to the Camden Harmony Grove Hornets in the Battle of the Groves Monday in Haskell.
CHRISTIE HEIDELBERG/Special to The Saline Courier
HASKELL – The Harmony Grove Cardinals (0-1) baseball squad took the field in their 2023 season opener Tuesday, but suffered a late-inning loss to Camden Harmony Grove 3-2. The matchup was the annual Battle of the Groves.
The Hornets started the scoring action early, leading off the game with an error and later a double that scored Caleb Johnson on the throw for the 1-0 lead.
The Cardinals, however, would tie the game at a run each in the bottom half after back to back singles and a passed ball. Dax Hammett would score the tying tally.
The scoreboard would be quiet until the bottom of the fourth when the Cardinals again used a Hornets passed ball to get across the dish, taking a 2-1 lead.
Things would heat up in the top of the seventh as the Hornets led off the inning with a walk and catcher’s interference before plating the tying run on a fielder’s choice.
The Hornets would take the lead a hitter later on a line out RBI from Hayden Bussell to make it 3-2.
Needing some late fireworks, the Cardinals could not muster anything in the seventh, going three up and three down to end the game.
Hammett, Peyton Potter and Tysen Forrest all tallied a hit in the loss for the Cardinals. Harmony Grove would finish a combined 3 for 22 at the dish with 10 walks and five strikeouts.
Isaac Patterson started and threw 3.1 innings of work, allowing an unearned run on four hits while striking out four and walking three. Hammett finished on the bump, ending with 3.2 innings, three strikeouts, two unearned runs and two walks.
The Cardinals will host the South Side Hornets at 6:30 p.m. Thursday in Haskell.
