Baseball Recap: Make It Five in a Row for Hydro-Eakly

Hydro-Eakly came tearing into Monday's game with four straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 8.3 runs), and they left with even more momentum. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Lookeba-Sickles Panthers a 4-0 shutout. This was payback for the Bobcats, who suffered a 3-2 defeat the last time these two teams met.

Hydro-Eakly's victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 12-5. The road wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 10.0 runs over those games. As for Lookeba-Sickles, they have been struggling recently as they've lost ten of their last 12 contests. That's put a noticeable dent in their 6-14 record this season.

Hydro-Eakly has already played their next matchup (against Hinton), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. As for Lookeba-Sickles, they have also already played their next game, a 9-4 loss against Riverside Indian on the 15th.