SPRINGFIELD, OR- The Walla Walla Sweets couldn’t finish the Springfield series with a win as the Drifters beat the Sweets 4-1 on Thursday evening. The Sweets move to 14-25 overall and 4-8 in the second half.

Walla Walla started strong as Kennedy Hara led off the game with a base hit. Following the leadoff knock, Hara didn’t wait long to come in to score as Ben Parker drove him in two at-bats later for his team-leading 25th RBI of the season. However, offensively this is where the Sweets Day ended.

In the bottom half of the first the Drifters answered in a huge way as Jaden Sheppard drilled a 2-run homer out to left as Springfield took the lead and would hold on for the remainder of the ball game. 

Sweets by the Numbers

Parker drove in his 25th RBI of the year which leads the Sweets and ranks top 10 in the WCL

Aidan Espinoza recorded his eighth multi-hit game in 20 played with the Sweets.

 Up Next

Sweets host Corvallis on 7/21/23 at 6:35 P.M.