Baseball Recap: Coastal Mississippi Homeschool Takes a Loss

Coastal Mississippi Homeschool was not able to break out of their rough patch on Saturday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They were a single run away from ending the streak, but they lost an 8-7 heartbreaker at the hands of the Jackson HomeSchool Victors. That's two games in a row now that the Wildcats have lost by just one run.

Sam Murphy

Runs

03/18/25 vs Varsity Opponent	4
03/08/25 @ Jackson HomeSchool	4
03/03/25 @ Laurel HomeSchool	4
03/13/25 @ Laurel HomeSchool	3
02/13/25 vs Meridian HomeSchool	3
+ 5 more games

Sam Murphy was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring two runs and stealing a base while getting on base in all five of his plate appearances. He is becoming a predictor of Coastal Mississippi Homeschool's success: when he posts at least two runs the team is 6-3 (and 1-2 when he doesn't).

Coastal Mississippi Homeschool's defeat dropped their record down to 7-5. As for Jackson HomeSchool, their win (their first of the season) made their record 1-5.

Coming up, Coastal Mississippi Homeschool will challenge Laurel HomeSchool at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. The Knighthawks have struggled to contain batters this season (they've allowed 15.75 runs per game on average), something the Wildcats will no doubt try to take advantage of. Jackson HomeSchool has already played their next match (against Clinton Christian Academy), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.