{"id":6241,"date":"2026-04-08T20:20:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T20:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/?p=6241"},"modified":"2026-04-08T20:20:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T20:20:08","slug":"xaviers-home-run-cant-save-mustangs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/?p=6241","title":{"rendered":"Xavier&#8217;s home run can&#8217;t save Mustangs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Fort Bragg beats Middletown 14-4 in six innings in North Central League I action<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lake County Sports on Facebook<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MIDDLETOWN &gt;&gt; Hayden Xavier\u2019s three-run home run bought Middletown a bit more time, but the Fort Bragg Timberwolves ended up beating the Mustangs 14-4 in six innings Tuesday afternoon during North Central League I varsity baseball action at Wes Martin Field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Middletown (3-2 league, 7-5 overall) was trailing 11-1 and about to be 10-runned in five innings by the Timberwolves (3-2, 8-6) when Xavier connected in the bottom half, making it 11-4. Fort Bragg answered with a three-run sixth to go up 14-4 and the Mustangs failed to score in the bottom of the inning, ending the game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Xavier\u2019s blast into the football bleachers in right field was his second home run of the season and his second in as many games. It followed a two-out walk to Jon Hawkins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cToo little too late,\u201d Middletown head coach Marc Humphrey said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hawkins was roughed up on the mound in the first three innings and took the loss. He fared better at the plate, going 2-for-4 with two more doubles and a RBI for the Mustangs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHawkins continues to swing the bat well,\u201d Humphrey said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the mound, Hawkins allowed 11 hits, nine runs (six earned) while striking out three and walking three. One of those hits was a home run by Chris Hernandez, who went 3-for-5 with three RBIs. Jacob Hendricks also went 3-for-5 with three RBIs while Dane Salo went 3-for-3 with two RBIs. Also for Fort Bragg, Otilio Espinoza went 3-for-5 with a RBI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other Middletown hits went to John Finney, Austin Davis, Cody Perez and Madden Sutton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Mustangs play in Fort Bragg on Friday at 2 p.m. to complete their head-to-head series this season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fort Bragg beats Middletown 14-4 in six innings in North Central League I action Lake County Sports on Facebook MIDDLETOWN &gt;&gt; Hayden Xavier\u2019s three-run home run bought Middletown a bit more time, but the Fort Bragg Timberwolves ended up beating the Mustangs 14-4 in six innings Tuesday afternoon during North Central League I varsity baseball [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[85,58,84,19],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6241"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6241"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6241\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6242,"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6241\/revisions\/6242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}