By John Rittenhouse
The Hills-Beaver Creek-Ellsworth baseball team slipped to 2-5-1 for the season after dropping a 5-1 home decision to Edgerton Tuesday.
After plating an unearned run in the bottom of the first inning, H-BC-E was blanked the rest of the away.
Edgerton, on the other hand, scored five late runs to even its record against the Patriots this season at 1-1-1.
The Patriots drew first blood in the game in a unique way.
Lyle DeBoer struck out with two outs, but the ball eluded Edgerton's catcher, allowing DeBoer to reach base on an error.
After stealing second base, another potential strikeout by an H-BC-E batter was missed by the catcher. This time DeBoer advanced to third before racing home for H-BC-E's lone run.
Edgerton moved in front by scoring five runs in the fifth inning before capping the scoring with a single run in the top of the sixth.
David Top went the distance on the mound and took the loss for the Patriots. He fanned eight batters.
Paul Jess doubled for H-BC-E's lone hit of the contest.
The Patriots play road games against Red Rock Central and Mountain Lake-Butterfield-Odin today and Tuesday respectively. H-BC-E hosts Bethany Christian for a double-header Monday.