Baseball Game Preview: St. Luke's Episcopal Wildcats vs. Clarke County Bulldogs

The St. Luke's Episcopal Wildcats will take on the Clarke County Bulldogs at 1:00 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (St. Luke's Episcopal has three straight wins, Clarke County has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.

On Wednesday, St. Luke's Episcopal got the win against Clarke County by a conclusive 16-1. The Wildcats might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won six games by ten runs or more this season.

Cooper Frampton made a splash no matter where he played. He looked comfortable on the mound, tossing three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. He has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't given up more than one hit in three consecutive appearances. He was also big at the plate, going a perfect 3-for-3 with four RBI, one triple, and one double. That's the most RBI he has posted over his last 11 contests.

Turner Tillman

Runs

03/17/25 @ Murphy	5
03/19/25 @ Clarke County	3
03/03/25 @ Escambia County	3
03/13/25 vs Cottage Hill Christian Academy	2
03/10/25 vs Murphy	2
+ 4 more games

In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Turner Tillman, who scored three runs and stole Three bases. while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. St. Luke's Episcopal is 7-1 when Tillman posts two or more runs, but 3-4 otherwise. Jeremy Menhennett was another key player, scoring a run while going 2-for-2.

St. Luke's Episcopal always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .733. They are a perfect 6-0 when they post an OBP of .513 or better.

Clarke County's loss dropped their record down to 6-9. As for St. Luke's Episcopal, their victory bumped their record up to 10-5.