Baseball Recap: North Brunswick Find Success

Two teams were on the hunt for playoff glory, but only North Brunswick walked away with it. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past the Jacksonville Cardinals 5-4. Five seems to be a good number for the Scorpions as the squad scooped up a win with the same number of runs in their previous game.

Dylan Stacks

Runs Batted In (Career)

05/14/25 @ Jacksonville	3
02/28/25 vs South Columbus	2
04/22/25 vs South Stanly	1
04/10/25 @ Topsail	1
04/08/25 @ Hoggard	1

Dylan Stacks was a major factor while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. He is becoming a predictor of North Brunswick's success: when he allows at most one hit the team is 3-1 (and 7-15 when he doesn't). Stacks was also stellar in the batter's box, going 2-for-4 with one home run and three RBI. Those three RBI gave him a new career-high.

In other pitching news, Jordan Stegall looked comfortable as he pitched 2.2 innings while giving up no earned runs off three hits. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than one walk in four consecutive appearances.

Back at the plate, the team relied heavily on Aydean White, who went 3-for-4 with two doubles and one run. Those two doubles gave him a new career-high.

North Brunswick kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 11 hits. They are 4-1 when they post 11 or more hits.

North Brunswick pushed their record up to 10-16 with the victory, which was their third straight on the road. Those road wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.3 runs on average over those games. As for Jacksonville, their defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 15-11.

North Brunswick has already played their next contest (against J.H. Rose), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Jacksonville does not have any more games scheduled as of now.