The defense was impressive in the spring and has continued to impress in the fall as they are planning to rotate many players in the front seven due to the
Crimsons Cory Bunner talks about the loss, and the season
Dennis Mathes, dmathes@myjournalcourier.com
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Baseball isn’t always fair. Sometimes, it’s downright cruel.
After Jacksonville scratched and clawed its way to a 5-5 tie with two runs in the top of the fifth, top-seeded Springfield erupted for 10 runs in the bottom half of the inning to end the game early, beating the Crimsons 15-5 in a regional championship game at Robin Roberts Stadium in Springfield on Tuesday. Jacksonville made five errors four in the fifth inning.
“It’s frustrating because this group you know, we’ve been better than that this year,” Jacksonville coach Cory Bunner said. “But against a really good team, they’re going to put pressure on you, and we just weren’t able to match that. They just kept hitting it around, we couldn’t make plays it’s frustrating for the guys because they deserve better. We’ve had a really good season, especially these seniors. The