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OXFORD – The Oxford varsity baseball team came into the week with a winning 6-4 record, only to see errors and tough match ups drop them to .500 record of 6-6 record at weeks end.

Oxford took on Hancock high school this past Monday, May 2., and played to 7-7 tie before the game was postponed and finished up Thursday evening.

Looking back the tie might have been sweeter, as coming into the game at 7-7, Oxford surrendered 7-runs to Hancock while failing to add anymore to their score, losing 14-7.

“We struggled to get started, settled down, then we couldn’t hit,” said Oxford head coach Chris Palmer.

Much as Palmer attested, Oxford was only able to muster two hits on the night, both going to Phil Smith, who finished 2-3 with a run and an RBI.

The rough day continued for Oxford who with a combined three pitchers of Kevin Davis, Austin Crawford, and Phil Smith only managed five strikeouts, compared to nine thrown out by the Hancock trio of pitchers.

It was errors that ultimately spelled doom for Oxford as they committed 8-errors, something that Hancock took full advantage of.