Baseball Recap: Sudan Picks Up Seventh Straight Win at Home

Hornets

Margin (Wins)

02/22/25 vs Claude	23
02/21/25 vs Claude	23
03/11/25 vs Petersburg	18
04/01/25 vs Abernathy	16
02/22/25 vs Hale Center	15

Sudan entered their tilt with Abernathy on Tuesday with three consecutive wins, and they'll enter their next game with four. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Antelopes a 16-0 shutout. Considering the Hornets have won 12 matches by more than six runs this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.

Cal Carter and Caleb Groetken made a big impact no matter where they played. On the mound, Carter pitched one inning while giving up no earned runs or hits. Meanwhile, Groetken kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out eight over four innings pitched. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than one hit in four consecutive appearances. At the plate, Carter got on base in all five of his plate appearances with three runs, four RBI, and one double, while Groetken scored a run and stole a base while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances. Those four RBI gave Carter a new career-high.

In other batting news, Sudan got a massive performance out of Kincaid Boehning, who scored three runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3. Those three runs gave Boehning a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Marcello King, who scored four runs and stole a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.

Sudan pushed their record up to 13-6 with the win, which was their seventh straight at home. The home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.7 runs on average over those games. As for Abernathy, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 2-11.

Sudan will have a chance to go back-to-back against the Antelopes: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday.