Baseball Recap: Caesar Rodney Beats Sussex Central for Their 11th Straight Win

Riders

Previous Games

05/06/25 @ Sussex Central	8-0
05/03/25 @ Archmere Academy	11-1
05/01/25 vs Sussex Academy	7-0
04/29/25 vs Sussex Tech	12-7
04/26/25 @ Delaware Military Academy	5-2
+ 6 more games

Caesar Rodney waltzed into their matchup on Tuesday with ten straight wins... but they left with 11. They never let the Sussex Central Golden Knights get on the board and left with an 8-0 victory. The Riders might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won six games by six runs or more this season.

Not much got past Steven Donigan, who gave up just two hits and racked up six Ks to keep Sussex Central off the board. Donigan has been consistent: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in six consecutive appearances.

At the plate, the team relied heavily on Colby Rall, who went 2-for-4 with one home run, two runs, and two RBI. Those two RBI gave him a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Teegan Monroney, who went 3-for-4 with one home run and one double.

They weren't the only ones working in the home run department: Caesar Rodney lost a few balls and finished the game with two home runs. That's the most home runs they've managed all season.

Caesar Rodney's win was their sixth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 12-2. Those road victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.2 runs on average over those games. As for Sussex Central, their defeat ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 10-4.

We've got plenty of inter-league action coming up soon. Caesar Rodney will challenge rival Smyrna at 4:15 p.m. on Thursday. Meanwhile, Sussex Central is set to take on their familiar foe Sussex Tech at 4:15 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (the Golden Knights 3.2, the Ravens 4.1) so any runs scored will be well earned.