Baseball Recap: South Gibson Extends Winning Streak to Ten

Hornets

Previous Games

04/19/25 vs Scotts Hill	11-1
04/18/25 vs Lexington	12-0
04/16/25 vs Dyer County	10-1
04/15/25 vs Dyersburg	6-5
04/14/25 @ Dyersburg	12-0
+ 5 more games

South Gibson waltzed into their matchup on Saturday with nine straight wins... but they left with ten. Everything went their way against the Scotts Hill Lions as they made off with an 11-1 win. With that victory, the Hornets brought their scoring average up to 6.1 runs per game.

Tyler Dehaan tossed a big game, tossing five innings while giving up just one earned run off six hits.

South Gibson was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .444. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .333 or higher in five consecutive games.

South Gibson's win was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 20-5. The home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.7 runs on average over those games. As for Scotts Hill, they have been struggling recently as they've lost three of their last four contests. That's put a noticeable dent in their 6-14-1 record this season.

South Gibson will host Crockett County at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. The Hornets are facing the Cavaliers at the right time seeing as the Cavaliers are stuck on a three-game losing streak. As for Scotts Hill, they will head out to face off against Madison at 4:00 p.m. on Monday. The Lions' pitchers better be ready for this one: the Mustangs have averaged an impressive 7.7 runs per game this season.