Baseball Recap: JAG Wins Going Away Against Talladega

Jaguars

Margin (Wins)

03/08/25 @ Talladega	14
03/08/25 vs Talladega	11
02/28/25 @ Autaugaville	10
02/28/25 @ Autaugaville	7

It was a proper cat-fight when JAG took on Talladega on Saturday. Everything went the JAG Jaguars' way against the Talladega Tigers as the JAG Jaguars made off with a 12-1 victory. The result was nothing new for the Jaguars, who have now won four matches by seven runs or more so far this season.

Courtney Walker and William Kelly made a splash no matter where they played. On the mound, Walker tossed one inning while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Meanwhile, Kelly pitched two innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits. At bat, Walker scored two runs and stole Four bases. while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances, while Kelly scored two runs and stole Two bases. while going 1-for-1. Kelly has become a key player for JAG: the team is undefeated when he posts at least two stolen bases, but 1-5 otherwise.

In other batting news, JAG let Austin Osbourne and Leighton Anderson run wild. Osbourne scored a run and stole a base while getting on base in two of his three plate appearances, while Anderson scored two runs while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances. Osbourne has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last four times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Maree Hall, who scored two runs while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.

The win made it two in a row for JAG and bumps their season record up to 4-5. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.0 run on average over those games. As for Talladega, they are on an 18-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-8.

Both teams are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. JAG will host Central at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. As for Talladega, they will look to defend their home field on Friday against Winterboro at 4:00 p.m. Talladega has given up an average of 18.6 runs per game this season, so hopefully the team got some pitching drills in this week.