Hoppers fall to Duelers in 12 innings Tuesday night

The Hoptown Hoppers were down 3-0 with two outs in the bottom of the ninth before rallying to tie the Franklin Duelers at 3-3, then fell 7-3 in 12 innings last night at Colonel Field. A double by Zayd Brannigan and a single by JoJo Cruz sent the game to extra innings. The Hoppers were held to just six hits with Brannigan getting two of them. Bracken Rice took the pitching loss for the Hoppers, now 2-2 on the season. Hoptown welcomes Henderson for a 6:30 game tonight, with pregame at 6:15 on News Radio 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP and whopam.com.