Baseball Recap: Aiken Sets Scoring Season-High Against Midland Valley

Fighting Green Hornets

Team Score (Highest)

04/03/25 vs Midland Valley	13
04/01/25 @ Midland Valley	8
03/24/25 @ Brookland-Cayce	6
03/19/25 vs Gray Collegiate Academy	6
02/28/25 @ Strom Thurmond	6

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Aiken). They narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past the Midland Valley Mustangs 13-12. The victory was familiar territory for the Fighting Green Hornets, who have now won four matches in a row.

Tyler Tindall was a major factor while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he tossed three innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits. He is becoming a predictor of Aiken's success: when he allows at most one earned run the team is 5-1 (and 3-6 when he doesn't). Tindall was even better at the plate, scoring three runs and stealing a base while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances. Those three runs gave him a new career-high.

In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Luke Warren, who scored three runs and stole a base while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances. Those three runs gave him a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Logan Rarey, who scored a run and stole two bases while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances.

Aiken was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .385. They are a perfect 3-0 when they post a batting average of .375 or better.

Aiken now has a winning record of 8-7. As for Midland Valley, they are on a ten-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 2-11-1.

Coming up, Aiken will be playing in front of their home fans against Greenwood at 1:00 p.m. on the 12th. As for Midland Valley, they will take on Madison Central in a tournament on Sunday. The Indians' pitching crew has only allowed 3.9 runs per game this season, so the Mustangs' hitters will have their work cut out for them.