Baseball Recap: Good Hope Has No Trouble Against East Lawrence

Raiders

Margin (Wins)

02/22/25 vs Asbury	19
03/19/25 @ Danville	13
04/12/25 vs East Lawrence	10
03/15/25 @ Hanceville	9
03/01/25 vs Cold Springs	9

Good Hope never let their opponents score on Saturday. Everything went their way against the East Lawrence Eagles as they made off with a 10-0 win. The Raiders might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won eight games by seven runs or more this season.

Carter Naramore and Case Naramore made a big impact while hitting and pitching. On the mound, Naramore tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. Meanwhile, Case tossed one inning while giving up no earned runs or hits. He has become a key player for Good Hope: the team is undefeated when he allows at most three hits, but 4-7 otherwise. At the plate, Naramore scored a run while going 2-for-3, while Case scored two runs while going 3-for-3. Those three hits gave Case a new career-high.

In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Parker Johnson, who went 2-for-4 with five RBI, one run, and one double. Those five RBI gave him a new career-high. Carter Rutherford was another key player, scoring a run and stealing two bases.

The victory made it two in a row for Good Hope and bumps their season record up to 12-7. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered a grand total of 3 runs in those games. As for East Lawrence, they dropped their record down to 3-23 with the defeat, which was their 27th straight on the road dating back to last season.

Coming up, Good Hope will venture away from home to face off against Winston County at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. East Lawrence does not have any more games scheduled as of now.