Baseball Recap: Huntingdon's Loss Ends Four-Game Winning Streak at Home
By Team Reports
Apr 29, 2025, 8:47am
Baseball Recap: Huntingdon Mustangs vs. Briarcrest Christian Saints
Huntingdon dropped their record down to 19-4 on Monday, which also ended the team's four-game streak of wins at home. They lost 10-0 to the Briarcrest Christian Saints. The matchup marked the first time this year in which the Mustangs were not able to get on the board.
As for Briarcrest Christian, they have been performing well recently as they've won 14 of their last 18 games. That's provided a nice bump to their 20-11 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.4 runs on average over those games.
For Briarcrest Christian's part, they got a great performance from Phinn Waters as he didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only one hit while striking out 12 over 4.1 innings pitched. Waters has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in six consecutive appearances.
On the hitting side, Briarcrest Christian let Cole Photopulos and Landon Rogers run wild. Photopulos got on base in four of his five plate appearances with one home run, three RBI, and two runs, while Rogers got on base in three of his six plate appearances with three stolen bases, two runs, and one RBI. That's the most stolen bases Rogers has posted over his last 11 contests. The team also got some help courtesy of Houston Walker, who went 2-for-4 with two stolen bases, one run, and one double.
Huntingdon has already played their next matchup (against Christian Brothers), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. As for Briarcrest Christian, they will be playing in front of their home fans against St. Benedict at Auburndale at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. The Saints are facing the Eagles at the right time seeing as the Eagles are stuck on a nine-game losing streak.
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