It was warm and sunny in Brighton on Wednesday afternoon, but the weather didn't help the home team.
The Bulldogs were swept in a doubleheader, 2-1 and 4-3, by Hartland, which maintained at least a share of first place in the Kensington Lakes Activities Association West Division.
"We didn't hit well enough to win," Brighton coach George Reck said. "That's what it came down to."
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Senior Travis Cohoon hit a solo home run over the 324-foot mark in right field to give the Bulldogs a 1-0 lead in the first inning of the second game.
Hartand took a 2-1 lead in the top of the third, but Shane Dokey had a lead-off triple and scored on a sacrifice bunt by Tyler Pokorski to tie the game at 2-2.
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Brighton took a 3-2 lead in the fourth on an RBI groundout by Doug Walters.
Senior Nolan McNulty kept the Bulldogs in the game in the top of the fifth when he caught a fly ball in right field and threw out Hartland's Travis Spears at home.
However, a two-run homer by Hartland's Jake Jessen in the sixth inning put the Eagles up 4-3 and they held on for the win.
Brighton (13-8, 7-4 West) plays a doubleheader at Pinckney Thursday.
