The Helper American Legion baseball team played its second home game of the week. Although it was a hard-fought match up, it was Helper that lost 3-2.
Jarod Lessar pitched a complete game for Helper. Cyprus scored a pair of runs in the third inning on two walks, a single and a wild pitch. It added one more in the sixth on a error, a walk and single.
Helper made a run at Cyprus in the bottom half of the sixth, scoring two runs on three singles and a error. Ridge Nielson and Derek Young both had RBIs.
Helper sits at 2-1 in league play. It travels to Hunter tomorrow and will return home Monday night against Hillcrest at 7 p.m.
“Jarod did a very good job on the mound. He had a few too many walks, but overall did a very good job against a good Cyprus team. We just did not hit and score runs,” said head coach Jeff Cisneros, summing up the loss. “Cyprus threw their best pitcher and he did a very nice job holding us down.”
Team Runs Hits Errors
Cyprus 3 4 1
Helper 2 4 1
WP- Loutensock (C) ,LP- Lessar (H) ; 2b- Young(H).
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- Ridge Nielson throws across the diamond to make an out
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- Jero Lessar threw a complete game, but took the 3-2 loss
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- Derek Young finishes off an out at first
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- second to first for another out
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- Lessar settled down and had a good outing on the mound
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- It was a tough night at the plate against a good Cyprus pitcher
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- beating out the throw
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- Derek Young slaps on a tag for an out
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- Coach Jeff Cisneros gives a signal to the batter
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- Michael Peczuh trys to leg out a hit
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- Dakota Cisneros barehands a grounder
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- Ridge Nielson on a third to first out
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- Colton Greener comes up throwing
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- Dakota Cisneros takes the sure out at first
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- Rally caps didn’t help this time
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- Final score