
Bulldogs
03/27/25 vs Gautier | 21 |
04/15/25 vs Laurel | 14 |
03/18/25 @ East Central | 12 |
03/21/25 vs East Central | 10 |
03/03/25 vs Pascagoula | 10 |
Vancleave waltzed into their game on Tuesday with three straight wins... but they left with four. They never let the Laurel Golden Tornadoes get on the board and left with a 14-0 win. The Bulldogs might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won ten matches by six runs or more this season.
Aidan Tapp made a big impact no matter where he played. On the mound, he pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in strikeouts (three). He was also solid in the batter's box, going 1-for-2 with one triple and one RBI.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Hunter Harper, who went a perfect 1-for-1 with one home run, two runs, and two RBI. Another player making a difference was Colson Furby, who went a perfect 1-for-1 with one triple, one run, and one RBI.
Vancleave always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .727. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their OBP total in four consecutive contests.
Vancleave pushed their record up to 22-5 with the victory, which was their eighth straight at home. The home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.9 runs on average over those games. As for Laurel, they are on an 18-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 3-19.
Vancleave will have a chance to go back-to-back against the Golden Tornadoes: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday.
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