Cougars fall to Covington Saturday

Monday, April 12, 2010

ROACHDALE -- The North Putnam baseball team fell to Covington 18-11 Saturday.

The Cougars had some nice appearances at the plate, but a whopping nine fielding errors didn't help the their cause. Shawn Diebold, Brody Perrin and Kyle Baden connected on home runs on the day.

Micahel Buchanan was 3-for-3, while Jake Haste was 3-for-4 and Brock Jones went 2-or-5. Baden was 2-for-3 at the plate for the Cougars.

The junior varsity picked up the win 18-14. Nathaniel Crosby and Jake Worth hit home runs in the win.

North Putnam will host Speedway today at 5:30 p.m.

At North Putnam

Covington 342 004 6 -- 18 13 3

N. Putnam 020 440 1 -- 11 14 9

WP -- Walla

LP -- Batten

HR -- (C) -- Bowling; (NP) -- Diebold, Perrin, Baden

Next game -- North Putnam will host Speedway today at 5:30 p.m.