Baseball Recap: Great Hearts Northern Oaks Drops Highest Score of Season Against New Braunfels Christian Academy

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Great Hearts Northern Oaks). They blew past the New Braunfels Christian Academy Wildcats 19-5 on Monday. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest win of the season.

Mathias Garcia

Batters Struck Out (Career)

03/10/25 @ New Braunfels Christian Academy	6
02/28/25 @ George West	5
03/13/24 vs Poth	2
02/24/25 @ Saint Mary's Hall	1
03/01/24 @ John Paul II	1

Mathias Garcia and Nicholas Franzese were a major factor while hitting and pitching. On the mound, Garcia struck out six batters over three innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off one hit. Meanwhile, Franzese struck out six batters over four innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off four hits (and not a single walk). Those six strikeouts gave Garcia a new career-high. At the plate, Garcia scored three runs and stole a base while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances, while Franzese scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-4. Garcia also brought in an RBI, marking his first of the season.

In other batting news, Eli Mazeika was a standout: he scored three runs and stole a base while getting on base in three of his six plate appearances. He has become a key player for Great Hearts Northern Oaks: the team is undefeated when he posts at least two runs, but 2-3 otherwise. Josh Stasney was another key player, scoring three runs and stealing a base while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances.

Great Hearts Northern Oaks always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .532. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.

Great Hearts Northern Oaks has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six contests. That's provided a massive bump to their 5-3 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.5 runs on average over those games. New Braunfels Christian Academy's loss dropped their record down to 4-2.

Coming up, Great Hearts Northern Oaks will venture away from home to face off against Randolph at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. As for New Braunfels Christian Academy, they will host Poth at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. New Braunfels Christian Academy is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7 runs per game this season.