Baseball Recap: Delphi Community Finds Home Field Redemption Against Fountain Central

Oracles

Margin (Wins)

05/22/25 vs Fountain Central	14
05/02/25 vs South Newton	14
04/28/25 vs North Newton	12
05/19/25 vs Clinton Prairie	11
04/17/25 vs Rensselaer Central	10

There's no place like home for Delphi Community, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Tuesday. They put the hurt on the Fountain Central Mustangs with a sharp 19-5 win on Thursday. The Oracles might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won nine contests by six runs or more this season.

The team relied heavily on Brett Huffman, who got on base in all four of his plate appearances with one home run, four runs, and one stolen base. He is becoming a predictor of Delphi Community's success: when he posts at least two runs the team is undefeated (and 4-10 when he doesn't). Another player making a difference was Xaine Tessier, who got on base in all four of his plate appearances with three runs, two RBI, and one double.

Delphi Community was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .545. They are a perfect 10-0 when they post a batting average of .375 or better.

Delphi Community pushed their record up to 16-10 with the victory, which was their fourth straight at home. Those home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.5 runs on average over those games. As for Fountain Central, they are on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 5-18.

Coming up, Delphi Community will take on Clinton Central at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. As for Fountain Central, they will challenge North Vermillion at 2:30 p.m. on the 31st. The Falcons have struggled to contain batters this season (they've allowed 13.77 runs per game on average), something the Mustangs will no doubt try to take advantage of.