Baseball Recap: Shadle Park Gets the Win

Shadle Park had to skate by with only a one-run margin when they last took the field, which might have inspired the ten-run drubbing they dealt Mead on Thursday. The Highlanders never let the Panthers get on the board and left with a 10-0 win. Considering the Highlanders have won three games by more than nine runs this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.

Roland Germain tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run over five innings pitched.

Evan Lafferty

Runs

03/13/25 vs Rogers	4
03/11/25 vs North Central	4
04/03/25 vs Mead	3
03/28/25 vs Lewis & Clark	1

At the plate, Evan Lafferty was a standout: he scored three runs and stole two bases while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. He has become a key player for Shadle Park: the team is undefeated when he posts at least two runs, but 1-3 otherwise. The team also got some help courtesy of Drew Sanchez, who scored a run and stole two bases while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.

Shadle Park was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .409. They are a perfect 3-0 when they post a batting average of .375 or better.

Shadle Park now has a winning record of 4-3. As for Mead, they are on a nine-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-7.

Shadle Park will have a chance to go back-to-back against the Panthers: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 4:00 p.m. on Friday.