By John RittenhouseThe Hills Thunder dropped a pair of amateur baseball games at two different sites Sunday.Hills lost a six-run decision in Butterfield to start the day before falling by four runs in Jackson in the evening.The Thunder has lost 10 straight games since going 2-2 to start the season. Hills, 2-12 overall, plays a 2 p.m. game in Hadley Sunday.Butterfield 8, Hills 2Hills opened its two-game road swing by taking a six-run setback in Butterfield Sunday.The Thunder scored the game’s first run when Cade Lang walked and trotted home on a sacrifice fly by Scott Harnack in the top of the first, but the hosts outscored Hills 8-1 the rest of the way to win the game.Butterfield scored the game’s next eight runs by producing three counters in the second, one in the third and two runs in the fourth and sixth frames.Hills capped the scoring in the top of the seventh when Lang walked and scored on a wild pitch.George Krenz pitched all six innings and took the loss for Hills. He allowed 12 hits, eight runs and four walks while recording two strikeouts.Box score AB R H BIJ.Lang 4 0 0 0E.Harnack 1 0 1 0S.Harnack 1 0 0 1Sammons 3 0 0 0Top 0 0 0 0Funke 2 0 0 0Van Maanan 1 0 0 0Jellema 0 0 0 0C.Lang 2 2 1 0Forshey 0 0 0 0C.Harnack 1 0 0 0Krenz 2 0 0 0Jackson 7, Hills 3The Thunder let a two-run lead slip away during Sunday’s finale in Jackson.Hills plated a pair of runs in the top of the first inning before Jackson countered with seven runs in the bottom of the frame to take control of the contest.Lang and Harnack singled to get things rolling for the Thunder in the first. Derek Sammons and Matt Funke slapped RBI singles to give Hills an early advantage.Hills did score another run in the top of the third after Jackson’s seven-run first inning, but the visitors were blanked the rest of the way.Lang singled, stole second and third before scoring the third-inning run on a fielder’s choice by Harnack.Jarud Lang went the distance on the mound for Hills. He was charged with seven runs, eight hits, one walk and registered four strikeouts.Box score AB R H BIJ.Lang 4 0 2 0E.Harnack 3 0 0 0S.Harnack 4 1 1 1Sammons 3 0 1 1Top 0 0 0 0Funke 3 0 1 1Van Maanen 2 0 0 0Jellema 0 0 0 0C.Lang 4 2 2 0Rauk 0 0 0 0Forshey 0 0 0 0C.Harnack 3 0 0 0Krenz 2 0 1 0
