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Too many extra opportunities

Hawk mistakes aid opponents in baseball losses

Opponents took advantage of scoring opportunities against Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn in baseball action last week.

Hosting Ridge View on May 22, the Hawks were hurt by one big inning during a 7-1 loss. It came in the third, when the Raptors combined two hits with an error, a passed ball and balk to score four runs.

Ridge View's runs in the first, fifth and sixth innings were also aided by errors.

"We just made too many mistakes in big situations that gave them extra opportunities, and they capitalized," acknowledged Hawk coach Jeremy Gloden. "We need to clean those up in order to win games like th...