The Hopkinsville Tigers’ baseball team won its sixth game in seven outings on Tuesday night, going on the road and routing Henderson County 17-5 in six innings. The Tigers improve to 10-4 overall, knocking-off one of the region’s hottest teams and snapping the Colonels’ five-game winning streak.
The Tigers took a 3-0 lead in the top of the first, before Henderson’s Jake Murdach homered off Preston Chaudoin to get a run back for the Colonels. The Tigers led-off the top of the fourth with back-to-back singles by Layne Jorgensen and John Duvall, with Hoptown turning two errors and an RBI single by Chaudoin into a 9-2 advantage.
Up 11-2 in the sixth, Jorgensen doubled to start a two-out rally, followed by RBI singles from Aaron Crosby and Landon Snyder. Ryan Myers singled to score Snyder for the final 17-5 score.
Chaudoin earned the win for the Tigers, giving up 2 earned runs on 4 hits over five innings, while walking 5 and striking out three.
Snyder and Jorgensen had 3 hits each, driving-in 3 and 2, respectively. Myers, Crosby and Robert Justus finished with 2 RBI each.
Bryce Willett took the loss for the Colonels, lasting three and two-thirds innings and surrendering 8 runs, 5 earned, on 6 hits, with 5 walks and 5 strikeouts. Murdach and Ian Pitt were both 2-3 with 2 RBI.