Baseball Game Preview: New Brockton Gamecocks vs. Satsuma Gators

The New Brockton Gamecocks are taking a road trip to take on the Satsuma Gators at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. New Brockton is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.2 runs per game this season.

New Brockton gave up the first runs on Monday, but they didn't let that get them down. They walked away with a 14-10 victory over Northside Methodist Academy. The Gamecocks haven't had any issues with the Knights recently, as the game was their fourth consecutive win against them.

Gavin Hand was a major factor no matter where he played. He tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in strikeouts (four). He was also stellar in the batter's box, scoring four runs and stealing three bases while going 4-for-4. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played.

Hayden Pope

Stolen Base

04/14/25 @ Northside Methodist Academy	5
04/10/25 @ Pike County	4
03/06/25 vs Florala	4
03/01/25 vs Northside Methodist Academy	4
02/24/25 vs Zion Chapel	4
+ 8 more games

In other batting news, New Brockton let Landin Norris and Hayden Pope run wild. Norris got on base in all four of his plate appearances with two stolen bases, three runs, and four RBI, while Pope went a perfect 3-for-3 with five stolen bases and three RBI. Pope is becoming a predictor of New Brockton's success: when he posts at least two stolen bases the team is 8-2 (and 6-9 when he doesn't). The team also got some help courtesy of Bryant Crumpler, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 1-for-1.

New Brockton was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .565. That's the best batting average they've posted all season.

Meanwhile, Satsuma came up short against St. Luke's Episcopal on Monday and fell 6-3.

Ben Glen was cooking despite his team's loss, going a perfect 2-for-2 with one home run, two runs, and one double. That home run marked the first that he launched this season.

Satsuma's defeat dropped their record down to 18-10. As for New Brockton, their record now sits at 14-11.