Baseball Recap: Make It Five in a Row for Holcomb

Hornets

Margin (Wins)

03/20/26 @ Clearwater	20
05/08/26 @ Gideon	16
04/27/26 vs Clarkton	15
05/14/26 @ Campbell	14
05/14/26 @ Campbell	13

Holcomb had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 13.5 runs) and they went ahead and made it five on Saturday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Malden Green Wave a 10-0 shutout. The result was nothing new for the Hornets, who have now won 11 matchups by nine runs or more so far this season.

Jaxsten Pikey made a splash no matter where he played. On the mound, he pitched 2.2 innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in three consecutive appearances. He was also solid in the batter's box, getting on base in three of his four plate appearances with three runs and one stolen base. That's the most runs he has posted since back in April.

Pikey wasn't the only one making solid contact as four players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Keaton Cunningham, who went 1-for-3 with one run and one RBI. Dylan Stevns was another, getting on base in three of his four plate appearances with one run and one RBI.

Holcomb's win bumped their record up to 18-8. As for Malden, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-20.

As of now, neither Holcomb nor the Green Wave have any future games scheduled.