Baseball Recap: Lumberton Drops Highest Score of Season Against West Orange-Stark

Raiders

Team Score (Highest)

04/11/25 @ West Orange-Stark	26
04/08/25 vs West Orange-Stark	18
03/18/25 @ Jasper	14
02/25/25 vs Onalaska	12
03/01/25 vs Big Sandy	11

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Lumberton). They were the clear victors by a 26-3 margin over the West Orange-Stark Mustangs on Friday. The Raiders might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won eight matches by six runs or more this season.

Colton Harwell made a big impact while hitting and pitching. He struck out six batters over three innings while giving up no earned runs or hits (and not a single walk). Harwell was also stellar in the batter's box, getting on base in four of his five plate appearances with one home run, six RBI, and two runs. Those six RBI gave him a new career-high.

In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Luke Cody, who scored three runs and stole a base while going 3-for-4. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in RBI (three). Another player making a difference was Ryan Verde, who scored four runs while getting on base in all five of his plate appearances.

Lumberton always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .673. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their OBP total in three consecutive contests.

Lumberton is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last 12 games. That's provided a nice bump to their 18-7-1 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 8.2 runs over those games. As for West Orange-Stark, their loss was their seventh straight at home, which dropped their record down to 2-16-1.

Coming up, Lumberton will venture away from home to square off against Vidor at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The Pirates' pitching crew has only allowed 3.6 runs per game this season, so the Raiders' hitters will have their work cut out for them. As for West Orange-Stark, they will look to defend their home field on Tuesday against Silsbee at 7:00 p.m. The Mustangs are facing the Tigers at the right time seeing as the Tigers are stuck on a four-game losing streak.