Baseball Recap: James Kenan Starts Season with Loss at Home

James Kenan unfortunately couldn't capitalize on their home-field advantage in their season opener. They lost 14-4 to the Clinton Dark Horses on Thursday. The Tigers have struggled against the Dark Horses recently, as the game was their third consecutive lost meetings.

Eli Avent

Stolen Base (Career)

02/27/25 vs Clinton	4
04/25/24 vs Kinston	2
04/18/24 vs Wallace-Rose Hill	2
03/05/24 vs Pender	2
03/07/24 vs Union	1

Eli Avent was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring three runs and stealing Four bases. while going 3-for-4. Those four stolen bases gave him a new career-high.

The win made it two in a row for Clinton and bumps their season record up to a perfect 2-0.

James Kenan wasted no time getting back out on the field and has already played their next matchup, a 5-4 victory against Pender on the 4th. As for Clinton, they also didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next contest, a 7-1 win against Lakewood on the 4th.