Rockford Beats Hudsonville in Marquee Matchup

When the schedules come out every spring, you can be sure that fans mark the dates when Rockford and Hudsonville face off.  Both teams are talent laden and it is sure to be a highly anticipated day.

In this home and home series, the first game went to Rockford.  The Rams poured it on from the very beginning scoring three runs in the first, five in the third, one in the fourth and three more in the sixth. Sophomore Brent Showers took the mound for the Rams allowing only four hits, surrendering one walk and striking out six. Showers helped his cause by also going 3-3 at the plate driving in two, Tony Dileo, an Eastern Michigan commit, went 2-3 with a solo home run.

Be sure to check back when we follow up with the final game of the series on Thursday.