Baseball Recap: R.J. Reynolds Snaps Four-Game Streak of Losses at Home

There's no place like home for R.J. Reynolds, who bounced back after a loss on the road last Friday. They were the clear victor by a 14-4 margin over the Jordan-Matthews Jets on Monday. The Demons might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won three games by six runs or more this season.

R.J. Reynolds got a great performance from Porter Lassiter as he pitched five innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off four hits. Lassiter has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in three consecutive appearances.

Gavin Searcy

Stolen Base

03/10/25 vs Jordan-Matthews	3
02/25/25 @ Bethany Community	3
02/28/25 @ Western Guilford	2
02/27/25 @ T.W. Andrews	1

At the plate, Ethan Sheridan and Gavin Searcy did most of the damage at the plate: Sheridan scored four runs and stole Two bases. while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances, while Searcy went 4-for-5 with three stolen bases, three RBI, and one triple. R.J. Reynolds is undefeated when Searcy posts two or more stolen bases, but 1-2 otherwise. The team also got some help courtesy of Diego Socorro-Gomez, who went 2-for-5 with four RBI, two runs, and two doubles.

R.J. Reynolds was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .419. They are a perfect 3-0 when they post a batting average of .375 or better.

R.J. Reynolds' victory ended a four-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 4-2. As for Jordan-Matthews, their loss was their fourth straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 0-5.

Looking ahead, R.J. Reynolds will look to defend their home field on Thursday against Mooresville at 4:00 p.m. As for Jordan-Matthews, they will take on Northwood at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Jordan-Matthews has given up an average of 12.8 runs per game this season, so hopefully the team got some pitching drills in this week.