Baseball Recap: Creekside Takes a Loss

Creekside was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their tenth straight defeat. They fell 8-3 to the M.L. King Lions. Unfortunately, that's the second time they've come up short against the Lions this season, as they also lost their prior matchup 11-8 last Wednesday.

TAKEEVIUS THORTON was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring two runs and stealing a base while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. CAMERON MCCRARY was another key player, going a perfect 2-for-2 with one stolen base.

Seminoles

Batting Average

03/21/25 @ M.L. King	38.5%
03/19/25 vs M.L. King	32.1%
03/17/25 vs Jackson	23.1%

Even though they lost, Creekside was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .385. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their batting average total in three consecutive matches.

Creekside's loss dropped their record down to 1-10. As for M.L. King, they have been performing well recently as they've won six of their last eight games. That's provided a nice bump to their 11-4 record this season.

Creekside is taking a road trip to take on Drew at 5:55 p.m. on Monday. Drew has struggled to contain batters this season (they've allowed 17.91 runs per game on average), something Creekside will no doubt try to take advantage of. As for M.L. King, a feisty cat fight will be fought as M.L. King Lions take on Jackson Jaguars at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Jackson will roll in looking for their seventh straight victory, something M.L. King surely won't give up without a fight.