Baseball Recap: Make It Six in a Row for Blacksburg

Bruins

Previous 6 Games

04/21/25 @ Salem	9-2
04/17/25 vs Cave Spring	5-0
04/14/25 @ Auburn	20-15
04/08/25 vs Pulaski County	9-6
04/04/25 @ Patrick Henry	10-1
04/01/25 @ Lord Botetourt	5-0

Blacksburg entered their tilt with Salem on Monday with five consecutive wins, and they'll enter their next game with six. They put the hurt on the Spartans with a sharp 9-2 win. The Bruins have seen this before: they got the W the last time they saw the Spartans, too.

Blacksburg let Jack Mann and Major Marshall run wild. Mann went 1-for-3 with three RBI and one run, while Marshall got on base in three of his four plate appearances with two runs. Another player making a difference was Keefer Caldwell, who went 1-for-2 with one stolen base, one run, and one RBI.

Blacksburg's victory was their eighth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 9-1. The road wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 10.1 runs over those games. As for Salem, their loss ended a nine-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 7-3.

Blacksburg and Salem should be looking forward to their upcoming games as both have a sizable advantage in the MaxPreps Virginia Rankings. The Bruins (ranked 18th) will meet Hidden Valley (ranked 161st) at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Meanwhile, Salem will face off against Patrick Henry at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday with a big rank advantage (45 vs. 264).