Baseball Recap: Make It Three in a Row for Highland

By Team Reports May 8, 2025, 2:22am

Baseball Recap: Highland Rams vs. West Panthers

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While Highland's victory against West wasn't quite the blowout it was the last time the pair played, they still came out on top. The Rams sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 7-6 win over the Panthers on Wednesday. Winning may never get old, but the Rams sure are getting used to it with their third in a row.

Ethan Cartwright

Batters Struck Out (Career)

05/07/25 vs West5
04/29/25 vs Olympus1
04/15/25 vs East1
04/08/25 vs Brighton1
04/02/25 @ Alta1

Ethan Cartwright tossed a big game, keeping things locked down with no earned runs or hits over 4.2 innings pitched. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in strikeouts (five).

On the hitting side, Jackson Gold was excellent, going 2-for-3 with one stolen base, two RBI, and one run. Those two RBI gave him a new career-high. Matthew Smith also deserves some recognition as he snagged his first stolen base of the season.

Highland's record is now 4-20. As for West, they dropped their record down to 0-25 with the defeat, which was their 26th straight on the road dating back to last season.

As of now, neither Highland nor the Panthers have any future games scheduled.

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