Baseball Recap: Kelly Sets Scoring Season-High Against Saxony Lutheran

Hawks

Team Score (Highest)

04/16/25 @ Saxony Lutheran	10
04/09/25 @ North County	6
03/24/25 vs Sikeston	5
03/22/25 vs Kennett	3
04/12/25 @ Fredericktown	2

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Kelly). Everything went their way against the Saxony Lutheran Crusaders on Wednesday as they made off with a 10-2 victory. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for the Hawks considering their one-run performance the match before.

Kelly's win ended a three-game drought on the road and puts them at 3-9. As for Saxony Lutheran, their defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 8-5.

Kelly and Saxony Lutheran could both be facing uphill battles in their next games considering their disadvantage in the MaxPreps Missouri Rankings. The Hawks will challenge Scott City at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday with a big rank disadvantage (257 vs. 15). The timing isn't great for Kelly: they have been struggling with five straight losses at home, while the Rams have snatched up six consecutive wins on the road. Meanwhile, Saxony Lutheran (ranked 155th) will meet Oran (ranked 48th) at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday.