Baseball Recap: Cheraw Beats Gray Collegiate Academy for Their 11th Straight Victory

Braves

Previous Games

04/30/25 vs Gray Collegiate Academy	5-3
04/28/25 @ Darlington	12-1
04/22/25 vs North Central	16-2
04/22/25 vs North Central	6-0
04/21/25 @ Trinity Collegiate	4-0
+ 6 more games

Cheraw waltzed into their match on Wednesday with ten straight wins... but they left with 11. They skirted past the Gray Collegiate Academy War Eagles 5-3. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest victory the Braves have posted since April 9th.

Kaden Johnson and Tyler Tolson did most of the damage at the plate: Johnson went 2-for-3 with two RBI and one double, while Tolson went a perfect 2-for-2 with one run, one double, and one RBI. Another player making a difference was Brendan Pace, who got on base in all three of his plate appearances with one double.

Cheraw was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .381. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .316 or higher in four consecutive contests.

Cheraw pushed their record up to 21-3 with the win, which was their 16th straight at home dating back to last season. The home victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 9.9 runs over those games. As for Gray Collegiate Academy, their defeat dropped their record down to 13-12.

Looking ahead, Cheraw will be playing in front of their home fans against Sumter at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. As for Gray Collegiate Academy, they will challenge Dreher at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.