Baseball Recap: New Prairie Sets Scoring Season-High Against South Bend Washington

Cougars

Team Score (Highest)

05/21/25 vs South Bend Washington	21
04/30/25 @ South Bend Riley	20
04/19/25 vs South Central	19
04/29/25 vs South Bend Riley	17
04/25/25 @ Fairfield	16

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask New Prairie). They put the hurt on the South Bend Washington Panthers with a sharp 21-1 victory on Wednesday. The Cougars haven't had any issues with the Panthers recently, as the game was their ninth consecutive win against them.

Riley Masters was a major factor while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. What's more, he posted three strikeouts, the most he's had since back in April. He was also big at the plate, going 1-for-3 with two RBI, one run, and one double.

In other batting news, New Prairie let Zak Henrich and Dylan Bishop run wild. Henrich went 1-for-3 with five RBI, two runs, and one triple, while Bishop went a perfect 1-for-1 with one home run, two runs, and one stolen base. New Prairie is undefeated when Bishop posts two or more runs, but 7-9 otherwise. Another player making a difference was Ryley Conley, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with two runs, two RBI, and one double.

New Prairie always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .795. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.

New Prairie's victory bumped their record up to 14-9. As for South Bend Washington, their loss dropped their record down to 5-13.

Coming up, New Prairie will take on Kouts at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. The Cougars' pitchers better be ready for this one: the Mustangs & Fillies have averaged an impressive 10.8 runs per game this season. As for South Bend Washington, they will face off against 21st Century Charter at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday. The Panthers are facing the Cougars at the right time seeing as the Cougars are stuck on an eight-game losing streak.