Baseball Recap: High Point Academy Comes Up Short

High Point Academy extended their losing streak to five on Thursday, dropping their season record down to 4-12-1 in the process. They came up short against the Blacksburg Wildcats, falling 11-1. Unfortunately, that's the second time they've come up short against the Wildcats this season, as they also lost their prior matchup 15-4 on Monday.

High Point Academy saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Kylan Petras, who went 1-for-2 with one double.

As for Blacksburg, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 7-17. Those wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 13.0 runs over those games.

On Blacksburg's side, Matty Cody made a big impact no matter where he played. He looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run and allowing only one hit while striking out 12 over 4.2 innings pitched. Cody has been consistent for a while: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in ten consecutive appearances. He was also stellar in the batter's box, getting on base in all three of his plate appearances with three stolen bases and three runs. He is becoming a predictor of Blacksburg's success: when he posts at least two stolen bases the team is 5-1 (and 2-16 when he doesn't).

In other batting news, Blacksburg let Neal Thompson and Dayvon Garrison run wild. Thompson went 1-for-2 with four stolen bases and two runs, while Garrison went 1-for-3 with three RBI, one triple, and one run. Blacksburg is 2-1 when Thompson posts two or more stolen bases, but 5-16 otherwise. The team also got some help courtesy of Jakob Reid, who went 1-for-2 with one triple and one RBI.

As of now, neither High Point Academy nor Blacksburg have any future games scheduled.