By Cort Reynolds
The Ada High School baseball team lost to visiting Spencerville 17-2 in a Northwest Conference makeup contest on a very warm Wednesday evening, May 11.
Ada fell to 5-12 overall and 0-7 in the NWC with the five-inning defeat. Meanwhile, the Bearcats improved to 6-15 and finished 5-3 in NWC play with the run-rule shortened win.
The Bearcats led 3-2 after two innings. They plated seven runs in each of the third and fourth frames to put the game out of reach.
Spencerville out-hit Ada 8-2 and capitalized on six Bulldog errors.
Bearcat Jack Cox homered and earned the pitching win to pace the victors.
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Ada visits Allen East (4-11, 0-5 NWC) in a league makeup game Thursday to end their conference schedule.
