Baseball Recap: Ten Straight Home Wins for Jackson-Reed

There's no place like home for Jackson-Reed, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Tuesday. Everything went their way against the Dunbar Crimson Tide on Wednesday as Jackson-Reed made off with a 15-1 victory. The Tigers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five contests by eight runs or more this season.

Keith Parham looked comfortable as he struck out eight batters over three innings while giving up just one earned run off one hit.

On the hitting side, Tommy Gore was incredible, getting on base in all three of his plate appearances with three stolen bases, three runs, and three RBI. Those three stolen bases gave him a new career-high. Derick Riddick was another key player, scoring two runs and stealing five bases while going 1-for-2.

Tigers

Previous Games (Home)

03/26/25 vs Dunbar	15-1
03/24/25 vs Coolidge	19-1
03/22/25 vs Southern Maryland Christian Academy	12-0
03/18/25 vs Gilman	6-4
05/14/24 vs Sidwell Friends	9-3
+ 5 more games

Jackson-Reed pushed their record up to 8-3 with the win, which was their tenth straight at home dating back to last season. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.8 runs on average over those games. As for Dunbar, they are on a four-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-3.

Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Jackson-Reed will head out to face off against The Heights at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. As for Dunbar, they will get a bit of extra time to process the defeat as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on McKinley Tech at 4:00 p.m. on April 21.