Baseball Recap: Cape Hatteras Secondary Turns Things Around After Road Loss

Hurricanes

Margin (Wins)

04/14/26 vs Ocracoke	15
03/24/26 vs Mattamuskeet	15
04/21/26 vs Columbia	10
04/17/26 @ Ocracoke	10
03/27/26 @ Mattamuskeet	10

There's no place like home for Cape Hatteras Secondary, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Monday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Columbia Wildcats a 10-0 shutout on Tuesday. Considering the Hurricanes have won six matchups by more than six runs this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.

Cape Hatteras Secondary saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Gunner Johnson, who got on base in all three of his plate appearances with two runs. Johnson is becoming a predictor of the Hurricanes' success: when he posts at least two runs the team is undefeated (and 4-10 when he doesn't).

Cape Hatteras Secondary was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .529. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their batting average total in three consecutive games.

Cape Hatteras Secondary's win bumped their record up to 8-10. As for Columbia, their defeat was their fourth straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 1-12.

The teams didn't have to wait long for a rematch: Cape Hatteras Secondary beat the Wildcats by a score of 15-1 later that day.