Baseball Recap: Jefferson Picks Up Fifth Consecutive Win

By Team Reports Apr 9, 2025, 9:10am

Baseball Recap: Jefferson Dragons vs. King Lions

Dragons

Previous 5 Games

04/05/25 @ King9-5
04/03/25 vs Wharton5-2
04/01/25 @ Robinson10-1
03/29/25 vs Armwood15-0
03/28/25 vs Steinbrenner11-4

Jefferson had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 8.5 runs) and they went ahead and made it five on Saturday. They walked away with a 9-5 win over the King Lions. The Dragons have seen this before: they got the W the last time they saw the Lions, too.

The team relied heavily on Ja'Marques Benton, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-4. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in doubles (two). Another player making a difference was Kaleb Cherry, who scored two runs while going 2-for-3.

Jefferson's victory bumped their record up to 15-6. As for King, with the defeat, they broke their five-game winning streak and moved their record to 9-12.

Jefferson wasted no time getting back out on the field and has already played their next matchup, a 1-0 loss against Leto on the 8th. As for King, they also didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next contest, an 11-1 win against Tampa Bay Tech on the 8th.

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