Northern's outfield miscues cost Huskies in 7-4 loss to Fairmont Senior
BRIDGEPORT, W. Va. — Northern's pitchers cut down on walks compared to its opener at the McDonald's Classic, but three costly errors bit the Huskies in a 7-4 loss to Fairmont Senior on Friday evening.
The Huskies (7-4) walked 11 in the opener, a 15-1 loss to East Fairmont. "Not much of a bounceback for us," Northern manager Phil Carr said. "We couldn't hold onto a lead.
We got a lead early and gave it up and got it back. Didn't have too many timely hits today. " Northern reduced the base on balls to five, but went from one error to three.
Two of the three led to runs scoring. "We rebounded pretty big after the first game," Fairmont Senior head coach Bubby Caputo said of a 9-1 loss to Herbert Hoover earlier on Friday. "Our guys didn't have a lot of energy in that game.
We were down, and just being able to bounce back like that in a grind out game like that is huge for us. " Trailing 2-1 midway through the fourth inning, the Huskies took a 4-2 lead with three runs in the bottom half. A sacrifice fly from Caleb Hinebaugh, a Gavin Maust single up the middle and a dropped third strike scored Maust from third.