Baseball Recap: Five Straight Road Wins for Flowers

It was a proper cat-fight when Flowers faced off against Northwestern on Saturday. The Jaguars put the hurt on the Wildcats with a sharp 17-1 victory. The Jaguars haven't had any issues with the Wildcats recently, as the game was their third consecutive win against them.

Matthew Walker and Luke Hartman were a major factor no matter where they played. Throwing, Walker struck out seven batters over three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Meanwhile, Hartman pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. At the plate, Walker scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-4, while Hartman scored three runs and stole three bases while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. Flowers is undefeated when Hartman posts two or more runs, but 2-3 otherwise.

Aaron Moss

Stolen Base (Career)

04/05/25 @ Northwestern	3
03/24/25 vs Suitland	2
04/24/24 @ Suitland	2
04/11/24 vs DuVal	2
04/02/24 vs DuVal	2

In other batting news, Marcus Richardson and Aaron Moss did most of the damage at the plate: Richardson went 2-for-3 with three RBI, two runs, and one triple, while Moss went 2-for-4 with three stolen bases, four RBI, and two runs. Those three stolen bases gave Moss a new career-high. Ivan Valdez was another key player, scoring two runs and stealing three bases while going 2-for-5.

Flowers always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .514. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Northwestern only posted an OBP of .318.

Flowers pushed their record up to 6-3 with the victory, which was their fifth straight on the road dating back to last season. The road wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 16.4 runs over those games. As for Northwestern, they are on a five-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 1-5.

We've got plenty of inter-region action coming up soon. Flowers will face off against rival Bladensburg on Monday. Meanwhile, Northwestern is set to challenge their familiar foe Parkdale at 4:30 p.m. on Monday.