Baseball Recap: Hampshire Extends Winning Streak to Six

Whip-Purs

Margin (Wins)

03/21/25 @ Belvidere	24
05/08/25 vs Crossroads Christian	15
03/25/25 vs Woodstock	15
03/26/25 vs Crossroads Christian	11
03/18/25 vs Westminster Christian	11

Hampshire waltzed into their matchup on Saturday with five straight wins... but they left with six. Everything went their way against the Conant Cougars as they made off with an 11-1 victory. Considering the Whip-Purs have won 13 games by more than five runs this season, Saturday's blowout was nothing new.

Hampshire got a great performance from Anthony Karbowski as he struck out ten batters over 4.1 innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits.

At the plate, Ari Fivelson was incredible, going 2-for-3 with three runs, one triple, and one stolen base. That's the most runs he has posted since back in April. Another player making a difference was Nathan Kolder, who went 1-for-3 with three RBI.

Hampshire was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .607. That's the best batting average they've posted all season.

Hampshire pushed their record up to 23-7 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home. The home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.5 runs on average over those games. As for Conant, their loss dropped their record down to 12-15-1.

Both teams are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Hampshire will host Central at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (the Whip-Purs 3.2, the Rockets 3.5) so any runs scored will be well earned. As for Conant, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Barrington at 4:45 p.m. on Monday.