Baseball Recap: Mortimer Jordan Comes Up Short

It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Mortimer Jordan can now relate to. They fell 7-4 to the Buckhorn Bucks on Friday.

Jeremiah Tingle spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered just two earned (and five unearned) runs on 11 hits and racked up six Ks.

John Owen Dean

Runs

02/22/25 vs Minor	4
03/18/25 @ Jasper	3
03/17/25 vs Jasper	3
04/18/25 vs Buckhorn	2
03/21/25 @ Gulf Shores	2
+ 14 more games

On the hitting side, John Owen Dean was cooking despite his team's loss, getting on base in three of his four plate appearances with two stolen bases, two runs, and one double. He is becoming a predictor of Mortimer Jordan's success: when he posts at least two runs the team is 7-2 (and 10-15 when he doesn't).

Mortimer Jordan's loss dropped their record down to 17-17. As for Buckhorn, they are on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 11 matches. That's provided a massive bump to their 24-13 record this season.

The teams didn't have to wait long for a rematch: Buckhorn beat Mortimer Jordan by a score of 17-3 later that day.