Baseball Recap: New Kent Continues Road Dominance on Friday

New Kent won the last time they faced York and things went their way on Friday too. New Kent put the hurt on York with a sharp 9-1 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Trojans.

New Kent got a great performance from Jonah Sorrell as he pitched five innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits.

On the hitting side, Michael Hetzel and Andrew Staskiel did most of the damage at the plate: Hetzel got on base in three of his five plate appearances with four RBI and one double, while Staskiel scored a run while going 2-for-2. Those four RBI gave Hetzel a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Bryce Hochman, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-3.

Trojans

Previous Games (Away)

03/21/25 @ York	9-1
05/10/24 @ Warhill	13-0
05/08/24 @ Smithfield	7-4
04/23/24 @ Tabb	11-4
04/22/24 @ Jamestown	12-2
+ 4 more games

New Kent pushed their record up to 2-0 with the win, which was their ninth straight on the road dating back to last season. Those victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 9.0 runs over those games. As for York, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-1.

New Kent didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next matchup, an 11-1 win against Tabb on the 25th. York has also already played their next game (against Woodside), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.