Baseball Recap: Seven Straight Home Wins for Farmington

Farmers

Margin (Wins)

04/15/25 @ ROWVA/Williamsfield	17
04/18/25 @ Midwest Central	16
04/12/25 @ Astoria/VIT	15
04/21/25 vs Peoria Heights	10
04/02/25 @ Mercer County	10

There's no place like home for Farmington, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Monday. They were the clear victors by a 6-0 margin over the West Prairie Cyclones on Saturday. Considering the Farmers have won 12 matches by more than five runs this season, Saturday's blowout was nothing new.

Brody Evans made a splash while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run over four innings pitched. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in four consecutive appearances. He was also big at the plate, getting on base in both of his plate appearances with one stolen base and one run.

Evans wasn't the only one making solid contact as six players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Ben Marvel, who went 1-for-3 with two stolen bases and two runs. Brody Shepherd also deserves some recognition as he got his first hit of the season.

Farmington pushed their record up to 18-5 with the victory, which was their seventh straight at home. The home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.0 runs on average over those games. As for West Prairie, their loss dropped their record down to 3-12.

Farmington has already played their next contest, a 3-2 defeat against Macomb on the 5th. As for West Prairie, they also didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next game, a 4-3 victory against Peoria Heights on the 5th.