Baseball Recap: Bainbridge Beats Calhoun for Their Third Straight Win

With a playoff win on the line, Bainbridge rose to the challenge on Friday. Everything went their way against the Calhoun Yellow Jackets as they made off with a 9-3 win. The victory was nothing new for the Bearcats as they're now sitting on three straight.

Brooks Hines made a big impact while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, striking out seven batters over seven innings while giving up three earned runs off nine hits (and only one walk). He also tossed a walk, which is notable because Bainbridge is 5-2 when he allows at most one walk, but 7-11 otherwise. Hines was also solid in the batter's box, getting on base in all four of his plate appearances with two runs. That's the most runs he has posted since back in March.

Graham Beckham

Runs Batted In (Career)

04/25/25 vs Calhoun	3
04/08/25 @ Cairo	2
03/28/25 @ Westover	2
03/04/25 vs Monroe	2
02/06/25 @ Thomasville	2

In other batting news, Graham Beckham was incredible, going 2-for-3 with three RBI, two runs, and one stolen base. Those three RBI gave him a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Amarion Donaldson, who got on base in all four of his plate appearances with one run, one double, and one RBI.

Bainbridge's win was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 12-13. The home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.8 runs on average over those games. As for Calhoun, their defeat dropped their record down to 17-14.

Bainbridge will have a chance to go back-to-back against the Yellow Jackets: the pair will be back at it again later today.