Baseball Recap: Knippa Drops Highest Score of Season Against La Pryor

Crushers

Team Score (Highest)

04/04/25 vs La Pryor	18
02/28/25 vs Leakey	17
03/11/25 @ La Pryor	13
02/28/25 vs Center Point	11
02/25/25 @ Our Lady of the Hills	11

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Knippa). They were the clear victors by an 18-7 margin over the La Pryor Bulldogs on Friday. The Crushers not only won on Friday, but they posted their biggest win since February 28th.

Joaquin G and Johnny R did most of the damage at the plate: G scored three runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-3, while R scored three runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-4. R is becoming a predictor of Knippa's success: when he posts at least two runs the team is 2-1 (and 5-7 when he doesn't). The team also got some help courtesy of Cole M, who scored three runs and stole a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.

Knippa was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .542. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .308 or higher in five consecutive matchups.

Knippa's victory bumped their record up to 7-8. As for La Pryor, their loss was their fifth straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 3-13.

We've got plenty of inter-district action coming up soon. Knippa is set to challenge their familiar foe D'Hanis at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Meanwhile, La Pryor will square off against rival Sabinal at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday.