Baseball Recap: Southern Maryland Christian Academy Puts Losing Streak Behind Them

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Previous 5 Games

03/20/25 - Away	10-1 W
05/11/24 - Home	11-15 L
03/18/24 - Away	7-17 L
03/30/22 - Home	21-0 W
03/21/16 - Home	19-2 W

Southern Maryland Christian Academy can bid farewell to their 11-game losing streak dating back to last season thanks to their game on Thursday. They blew past the Rockbridge Academy Scots 10-1. The Mustangs not only won on Thursday, but they posted their biggest win since April 9, 2024.

Marcus Blaqman made a big impact while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, tossing two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. Blaqman was also stellar in the batter's box, scoring two runs while going 4-for-4.

In other pitching news, Elijah Gheen tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run and allowed only one hit while striking out seven over 4.2 innings pitched. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-low in earned runs (zero).

Back at the plate, Southern Maryland Christian Academy let Caden Cary and Mark Williams Jr run wild. Cary scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-5, while Williams Jr went 1-for-3 with one triple, one stolen base, and two RBI. Another player making a difference was Malcolm Blaqman, who scored two runs and stole Two bases. while going 1-for-4.

Southern Maryland Christian Academy was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .387. The last time their batting average was this high was back in April of 2024.

The victory got Southern Maryland Christian Academy back to even at 1-1. As for Rockbridge Academy, they suffered their first home defeat, dropping their record down to 2-2.

Looking ahead, Southern Maryland Christian Academy will venture away from home to challenge Jackson-Reed at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Rockbridge Academy will get a bit of extra time to process the loss as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Perry Hall Christian at 4:30 p.m. on April 3rd.