Baseball Recap: China Spring extends road winning streak to 14

By Team Reports Apr 2, 2024, 8:40pm

Baseball Recap: China Spring Cougars vs. Gatesville Hornets

China Spring can now show off 12 landslide victories after their most recent contest on Tuesday. They never let the Gatesville Hornets onto the board and left with a 14-0 victory. The win was nothing new for China Spring as they're now sitting on seven straight.

Cage McCloud was a major factor no matter where he played. He looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run and only two hits while striking out six over four innings pitched. McCloud was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run while going 2-for-3.

In other batting news, Jackson Fetters was incredible, going 3-for-4 with a home run, five RBI, and two runs. Dean Hannah was another key contributor, scoring three runs while going 2-for-3.

On Gatesville's side, they saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Lawson Mooney, who went 2-for-2 with a stolen base.

China Spring's victory was their 14th straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 17-3. Those victories were due in large part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 11.0 runs per game. As for Gatesville, their loss ended an eight-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 17-9-1.

China Spring will have a chance to go back-to-back against Gatesville: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.

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