Baseball Recap: Yazoo County Snags Tenth Victory in Last 12 Games

It was a proper cat-fight when Yazoo County challenged Edwards on Tuesday. The Panthers were the clear victors by a 14-2 margin over the Tigers. The Panthers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won eight matchups by seven runs or more this season.

Yazoo County let Graelan Shaffer and TJ Rials run wild. Shaffer scored three runs and stole two bases while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances, while Rials scored three runs and stole a base while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances. Rials is becoming a predictor of Yazoo County's success: when he posts at least two runs the team is undefeated (and 3-7 when he doesn't). The team also got some help courtesy of Gabe Shaffer, who scored a run and stole two bases while getting on base in two of his three plate appearances.

Panthers

On Base Percentage

04/01/25 vs Edwards	63%
04/01/25 vs Edwards	57.1%
03/28/25 vs Humphreys County	25%
03/27/25 @ Benton Academy	56%
03/22/25 vs Clarksdale	41.7%
+ 25 more games

Yazoo County always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .630. The last time their OBP was this high was back in March of 2024.

Yazoo County is on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 12 contests. That's provided a massive bump to their 11-7 record this season. Those wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.4 runs on average over those games. As for Edwards, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 1-4.

Yazoo County has already played their next game (against Winona), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. As for Edwards, they also didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next match, a 20-5 loss against Humphreys County on the 4th.