Baseball Game Preview: Central Jaguars vs. Twinsburg Tigers

The Central Jaguars will challenge the Twinsburg Tigers at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. Central knows how to get runs on the board -- the squad has finished with ten runs or more in their past three matchups -- so hopefully Twinsburg likes a good challenge.

If Central beats Twinsburg with 13 runs on Friday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two games with that exact score. The Jaguars beat Booker T. Washington on Thursday by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 13-1. The Jaguars might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won nine contests by ten runs or more this season.

Jayden Joyner

Runs Batted In (Career)

04/02/26 vs Booker T. Washington	5
03/19/26 vs West Florida Baptist Academy	3
03/31/26 @ Booker T. Washington	1
03/30/26 @ Red Level	1
02/17/26 @ Pine Forest	1

The team relied heavily on Jayden Joyner, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with one home run, five RBI, and one double. Those five RBI gave him a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Garrett Gandy, who went 1-for-2 with two runs and one stolen base.

Central was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .409. They are a perfect 8-0 when they post a batting average of .375 or better.

Meanwhile, Twinsburg had to hit the road for their first game and it wasn't the result they were hoping for. They fell 7-2 to Highland on Tuesday.

Twinsburg also got a good showing from Nathan Kimmel, who struck out six batters over four innings while giving up just one earned run off four hits.

On the hitting side, Kyle Anello was cooking despite his team's loss, going 1-for-2 with one home run. Another player making a difference was Zachary Shobert, who went 2-for-3 with one triple and one RBI.

Central's win was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 12-5. Those home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.3 runs on average over those games. As for Twinsburg, their loss dropped their record down to 0-1.