Baseball Game Preview: South Walton Seahawks vs. West Nassau Warriors

The South Walton Seahawks will challenge the West Nassau Warriors at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. South Walton will be looking to extend their current 16-game winning streak.

South Walton is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They didn't even let Bay on the board, marking the Seahawks' second-straight 10-0 shutout. The Seahawks might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won 19 games by six runs or more this season.

Denton Lord

Batters Struck Out (Career)

04/22/25 vs Bay	12
04/09/25 @ Mosley	11
03/29/25 @ Lincoln	7
04/04/25 @ Pensacola Catholic	6
02/14/25 vs Cottondale	6

Denton Lord tossed a big game, keeping things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out 12 over five innings pitched. Those 12 strikeouts gave him a new career-high.

At the plate, Braxton Varnes was incredible, going a perfect 3-for-3 with two runs and one triple. That's the most hits he has posted since back in March. Nathan Whitney was another key player, going a perfect 2-for-2 with two runs and two RBI.

South Walton was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .435. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .407 or higher in six consecutive matchups.

Meanwhile, West Nassau hadn't done well against Fernandina Beach recently (they were 2-7 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Thursday. The Warriors came out on top in a nail-biter against the Pirates, sneaking past 5-4. That's two games straight that the Warriors have won by just one run.

The team relied heavily on Foster Hatton, who went 1-for-2 with two stolen bases, one run, and one RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Landon Mixon, who went 2-for-3 with one run and one double.

South Walton's win was their 11th straight at home, which pushed their record up to 26-3. Those home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.7 runs on average over those games. As for West Nassau, they have been performing well recently as they've won eight of their last ten contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 19-10 record this season.