Baseball Recap: Make It Five in a Row for Willow Spring

By Team Reports Mar 19, 2025, 8:34pm

Baseball Recap: Willow Spring Storm vs. Apex Cougars

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Previous 5 Games

03/19/25 @ Apex5-1
03/18/25 vs Southeast Raleigh12-1
03/14/25 vs Clayton6-1
03/12/25 @ Holly Springs16-11
03/11/25 @ Clayton5-3

Willow Spring hadn't done well against Apex recently (they were 0-3 in their previous three matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Wednesday. The Willow Spring Storm came out on top against the Apex Cougars by a score of 5-1. The victory was familiar territory for the Storm, who have now won five games in a row.

The team relied heavily on Tommy Collins, who scored a run while going 2-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Ben Cannaday, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.

Willow Spring's win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 5-3. A key ingredient in that success has been their performance when it comes to hits: they averaged an imposing 10.33 hits in those games compared to only 4.4 in the others. As for Apex, their loss dropped their record down to 5-4.

Coming up, Willow Spring will venture away from home to challenge Southeast Raleigh at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Willow Spring is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.6 runs per game this season. As for Apex, they will be playing at home against Panther Creek at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Apex is facing Panther Creek at the right time seeing as Panther Creek is stuck on a six-game losing streak.

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