high two hits, both doubles. ….

high two hits, both doubles.

Blake Bargender had a pair of doubles. Mason Carpenter picked up a double. Bargender, Lopez, Elmhorst and Faber all had two RBIs.

Stratford, 4-1

The co-op faced a bigger challenge on Monday, May 24. The Stratford Tigers, 2019’s state champions in D-4, came to Red Arrow Park, and in a sodden, raindelayed game, the Tigers were able to muzzle the co-op’s offense.

Abby/Colby was only able to generate one run, which came courtesty of Ross Elmhorst in the bottom of the first. But it was Stratford who struck first, scoring two runs to open the game. From there, defense and pitching dominated. The co-op gave up just two more runs to the Tigers, one in the second and one in the top of the seventh.

The co-op was held to just four hits, with Elmhorst, Hunter Soyk, Nick Olvera and Brandon Diedrich all recording a single. Elmhorst took the loss at the mound, striking out two batters in five innings while giving up three hits and two runs.