Baseball Recap: Midd-West's Win Ends Five-Game Losing Streak at Home

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Midd-West). They were the clear victors by a 17-4 margin over the Lewisburg Green Dragons on Wednesday. With that victory, the Mustangs brought their scoring average up to 7 runs per game.

Kaden Walter

Earned Runs

04/04/25 vs Greenwood	2
04/16/25 vs Lewisburg	1
03/25/25 @ Loyalsock Township	1

Kaden Walter made a big impact while hitting and pitching. He tossed five innings while giving up just one earned (and three unearned) runs off seven hits. Midd-West is 3-1 when Walter allows one or fewer earned runs, but 0-4 otherwise. Walter was also stellar in the batter's box, going 2-for-4 with one home run and three RBI. That home run marked the first that he launched this season.

In other batting news, Braxton Smith was a standout: he went 3-for-4 with three runs, four RBI, and two doubles. That's the most runs he has posted since back in May of 2024. Colton Aumiller was another key player, going 3-for-4 with three RBI, two runs, and one triple.

Midd-West was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .519. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their batting average total in three consecutive games.

Midd-West's win ended a five-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 3-5. As for Lewisburg, they dropped their record down to 3-6-1 with the defeat, which was their fourth straight on the road.

We've got plenty of inter-conference action coming up soon. Midd-West is set to face off against their familiar foe Montoursville at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. Meanwhile, Lewisburg will square off against rival Mount Carmel at 4:30 p.m. on Monday.