Highlanders fall to Indian Hills

The McLennan Highlanders fell to the Indian Hills Falcons 4-2 this afternoon at Bosque River Ballpark. Conner Camacho took the loss on the mound for McLennan. 

Indian Hills began the scoring with one run in the top of the first as Caleb Ratzman walked, stole second, moved to third on a fly out by Junior Santos and scored on a single by Dario Polanco.

McLennan tied the game with one run in the bottom of the third as Evan Williams tripled and scored on a single by Braxton Hollenshead.

The Falcons took the lead with one run in the top of the fourth as Mike Levar walked, moved to second on a wild pitch and scored on a single by Jake Lewis.

The Highlanders tied the game with one run in the seventh as Andrew Rhodes tripled and scored on a ground out by Williams.

Indian Hills sealed the win with two runs in the eighth. Polanco singled, moved to second on an overthrow and advanced to third on a bunt by Joel Booker. Booker stole second. An overthrow brought Polanco in to score and advanced Booker to third. Booker then scored on a single by Jose Valdez.

McLennan will resume conference play on Thursday, hosting Temple for a 1 p.m. doubleheader.

Indian Hills 4, McLennan 2
Indian Hills 100 100 020 – 4 8 0
McLennan 001 000 100 – 2 10 0
Christian Torres, Cody Hinson (8) and Paolo Montezuma, Luis Estevez (6). Matt Mundkowsky, Nathan Bertness (6), Conner Camacho (8), Miles Manning (9) and Mason George. WP: Torres; LP: Camacho. Leading hitters – Indian Hills: Dario Polanco (2-4, RBI), Mike Levar (2-3, 2B), Jake Lewis (1-1, RBI) and Jose Valdez (1-1, RBI); McLennan: Braxton Hollenshead (2-3, RBI), Max Hogan (2-5, 2B), Evan Williams (2-3, 3B, RBI) and Andrew Rhodes (1-1, 3B). Record: McLennan 12-11 (1-3).