Baseball Recap: Blacksburg Comes Up Short

Chester hit Blacksburg with a six-run seventh inning on Thursday, which goes a long way in explaining the final result. The Wildcats fell just short of the Cyclones by a score of 7-6. The Wildcats were given a dose of their own medicine in this game as the Cyclones apparently hadn't forgotten their loss the last time these teams played back in April of 2018.

Matty Cody

Stolen Base

04/14/25 vs Berea	5
03/14/25 vs Greenville Tech Charter	5
05/08/25 @ Chester	4
05/01/25 vs High Point Academy	3
04/28/25 @ High Point Academy	2
+ 11 more games

Matty Cody made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and went 2-for-4 with four stolen bases, two runs, and two RBI. Blacksburg is 5-2 when Cody posts two or more stolen bases, but 2-17 otherwise.

Blacksburg's defeat dropped their record down to 7-19. As for Chester, they pushed their record up to 12-9 with the victory, which was their fourth straight at home.

As of now, neither Blacksburg nor the Cyclones have any future games scheduled.