Baseball Recap: Cedar Grove-Belgium Continues Home Dominance on Thursday

Cedar Grove-Belgium never let their opponents score on Thursday. They were the clear victors by a 10-0 margin over the Sheboygan Area Lutheran Crusaders. The Rockets haven't had any issues with the Crusaders recently, as the game was their eighth consecutive victory against them.

Seth Race

Batters Struck Out (Career)

05/15/25 vs Sheboygan Area Lutheran	5
04/26/25 @ Adams-Friendship	4
04/22/25 vs Algoma	3
04/17/25 @ Howards Grove	3
05/03/25 @ Kewaskum	1

Seth Race tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run over five innings pitched. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in strikeouts (five).

At the plate, Griffin Knight and Ira Hilbelink did most of the damage at the plate: Knight went 3-for-4 with two stolen bases, three RBI, and one run, while Hilbelink went 2-for-4 with two runs, one triple, and one double. Knight is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as he's now snagged at least one in each of the last three games he's played. Another player making a difference was Jonah Banton, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with two runs.

Cedar Grove-Belgium always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .533. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their OBP total in three consecutive contests.

Cedar Grove-Belgium's win was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 15-3. Those home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.3 runs on average over those games. As for Sheboygan Area Lutheran, they are on a five-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 1-16.

Cedar Grove-Belgium wasted no time getting back out on the field and has already played their next matchup, a 9-2 win against New Holstein on the 16th. As for Sheboygan Area Lutheran, they have also already played their next game, an 18-0 defeat against Howards Grove on the 19th.