The Byron Varsity Baseball team lost a pair of games to New Lothrop on Monday May 15^th. The Eagles came into the game battling for first place in the conference but a sweep by New Lothrop moves them into third place.

In game one the Eagles took a scoreless game into the 5^th inning before New Lothrop scored three runs in the 5^th and six runs in the 6^th inning to pull away to win 9-1. Hunter Richardson and Reid L’Esperance recorded the only two hits for Byron in the game. On the mound Payne Staton earned the loss giving up eight runs on seven hits in five innings of work. Reid L’Esperance came in for relief and allowed one run one hit in two innings of work.

In game two the Byron offense stalled again as they scored only one run in a 13-1 loss. Reid L’Esperance led the team with 3 hits and Hunter Richardson, Kyle Hulett and Jared Krejci each recorded a hit in the game. On the mound Hunter Richardson took the loss giving up nine runs on six hits while walking three in three innings of work. Kyle Hulett came in for relief and gave up four runs in two innings and walked five batters.