Baseball Recap: Maize's Luck Takes a Turn for the Worse on Tuesday

Eagles

Previous 5 Games

04/22/25 vs South	1-5
04/18/25 vs Blue Valley West	3-0
04/16/25 vs Andover Central	3-1
04/15/25 @ Andover	7-0
04/15/25 @ Andover	2-1

Maize dropped their record down to 10-4 on Tuesday, which also ended the team's seven-game streak of wins. They fell 5-1 to the South Cougars. Surprisingly, this marked the Eagles' sixth straight game in which the away team has come away the victor.

As for South, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 10-5. Surprisingly, this marked their sixth straight game in which the away team has come away the victor.

For South's part, they got a great performance from Landon Huffman as he didn't allow a single earned run while striking out six over 5.1 innings pitched. Those six strikeouts gave Huffman a new career-high.

At the plate, Jaxon Anthony was excellent, going 3-for-4 with one triple and one RBI. Those three hits gave him a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Jace Humphrey, who went 1-for-3 with one run, one double, and one RBI.

The teams didn't have to wait long for a rematch: South beat Maize by a score of 5-0 later that day.