Baseball Game Preview: Belton-Honea Path Bears vs. Crescent Tigers

The Belton-Honea Path Bears will challenge the Crescent Tigers at 6:30 p.m. on Monday. The timing is sure in Belton-Honea Path's favor as the team sits on four straight wins at home while Crescent has been banged up by five consecutive losses on the road dating back to last season.

On Thursday, Belton-Honea Path beat T.L. Hanna 6-1.

Jud Lowie

Runs Batted In (Career)

04/03/25 vs T.L. Hanna	2
04/02/25 @ Christ Church Episcopal	1
03/27/25 @ T.L. Hanna	1
02/25/25 @ Seneca	1

Jud Lowie was a major factor no matter where he played. On the mound, he tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits. He has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't given up more than two walks in five consecutive appearances. He was also solid in the batter's box, going 1-for-2 with two RBI. Those two RBI gave him a new career-high.

In other pitching news, Lawson Nichols tossed a big game, tossing five innings while giving up just one earned run off four hits.

Lowie wasn't the only one making solid contact as five players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Tye Kelley, who scored two runs while going 1-for-3. Kelley has become a key player for Belton-Honea Path: the team is undefeated when he posts at least two runs, but 4-7 otherwise.

Meanwhile, Crescent was able to grind out a solid victory over Russell on Wednesday, taking the game 4-1.

Crescent has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matchups. That's provided a massive bump to their 5-6 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.6 runs on average over those games. As for Belton-Honea Path, the victory got them back to even at 7-7.

Belton-Honea Path beat Crescent 6-1 when the teams last played back in April of 2021. Will the Bears repeat their success, or do the Tigers have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.