Baseball Recap: Wallace-Rose Hill Has No Trouble Against James Kenan

After having lost a blowout in their previous game against Southwest Onslow, Wallace-Rose Hill was happy to have turned things around on Thursday. They blew past the James Kenan Tigers 7-0. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest victory the Bulldogs have posted against the Tigers since May 28, 2021.

Reese Buckner

Runs

03/13/25 vs James Kenan	3
02/28/25 vs Heide Trask	2
02/24/25 vs American Leadership Academy-Johnston	2
03/11/25 vs Southwest Onslow	1

Wallace-Rose Hill got a big performance out of Reese Buckner, who scored three runs and stole Two bases. while going 1-for-3. Buckner is becoming a predictor of Wallace-Rose Hill's success: when he posts at least two runs the team is 2-1 (and 0-4 when he doesn't). Another player making a difference was Kaiden Liu, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.

Wallace-Rose Hill moved to 2-5 with that win, which also ended their three-game losing streak. As for James Kenan, they now have a losing record of 2-3.

Wallace-Rose Hill wasted no time getting back out on the field and has already played their next matchup, a 9-6 loss against North Lenoir on the 18th. As for James Kenan, they will look to defend their home field on Wednesday against Southwest Onslow at 6:00 p.m. Southwest Onslow is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 11.6 runs per game this season.