Hilton scored single runs in the first and fifth innings, but allowed multiple runs to score in the second and fourth along with two unearned runs in a 6-2 loss in boys’ baseball.
After Arcadia plated their first run of the game in the first, Hilton tied the game in their half of the inning. Catcher David Stirpe was hit by a pitch and advanced to second on a fly-out. He scored on an RBI double to left by first baseman Ryan Schmitt.
Arcadia scored twice in the second inning to take a 3-1 lead. In their half of the fourth with runners at second and third with one out, Cadets shortstop Morgan Kunigan, with the infield in, cut down the runner at the late for the second out.
But after a walk to load the bases, Arcadia padded their lead with a two-out single to lead 5-1.
Hilton closed the deficit in the bottom of the fifth as Kunigan led off with a single and advanced to second on a fielder’s choice. After Josh Battaglia was hit by a pitch and a walk to Kyle Pellechia loaded the bases, Kunigan scored on an error by the pitcher to cut the lead to 5-2.
The Cadets had base runners in both the sixth and seventh innings, but could not get any closer and Arcadia added an insurance run in the top of the seventh to make the final 6-2.
Hilton had just nine base runners and were held to five hits in the loss. Cadets’ pitchers allowed ten walks and six hits in the contest as they fell to 1-5 through the first few weeks of the season.
