Baseball Recap: Tuesday's Win Is Creek Wood's Seventh in Last Eight Outings

Creek Wood barely beat Fairview the last time the pair played, but that sure wasn't the case this time around. Creek Wood was the clear victor by a 17-0 margin over Fairview on Tuesday. The Red Hawks might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five contests by seven runs or more this season.

Hunter Bennett was a major factor no matter where he played. On the mound, he didn't allow a single earned run while striking out seven over four innings pitched. Bennett was also big at the plate, scoring a run while going 3-for-4.

Ej Larkin

Runs Batted In (Career)

03/25/25 vs Fairview	3
03/08/25 @ Siegel	2
03/03/25 @ Northeast	2
03/24/25 @ Fairview	1
03/14/25 vs Waverly Central	1

In other batting news, Ej Larkin was incredible, scoring three runs and stealing two bases while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in RBI (three). Noah Clark was another key player, scoring two runs and stealing a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.

Creek Wood always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .629. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.

Creek Wood is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 13-2 record this season. The victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.5 runs on average over those games. Fairview is on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 6-4.

Coming up, Creek Wood will head out on the road to square off against West Creek at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Creek Wood will need to watch out since West Creek has now posted at least ten runs in their last three games. As for Fairview, they will host Hume-Fogg at 6:15 p.m. on Friday.