Baseball Recap: Hephzibah Wins Going Away Against Howard

Rebels

Margin (Wins)

03/17/25 @ McCormick	18
02/17/25 vs Laney	14
02/22/25 vs Cross Creek	11
03/18/25 vs Howard	10
03/03/25 vs Greene County	10

On Tuesday, everything went the Hephzibah Rebels's way against the Howard Huskies as the Hephzibah Rebels made off with a 15-5 win. Considering the Rebels have won five contests by more than nine runs this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.

Fredrich Frye was a major factor no matter where he played. On the mound, he tossed 2.2 innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. He has been consistent : he hasn't given up more than two walks in six consecutive appearances. He was also stellar in the batter's box, scoring two runs and stealing Two bases. while going 1-for-4. He is becoming a predictor of Hephzibah's success: when he posts at least two runs the team is undefeated (and 2-9 when he doesn't).

In other batting news, Trenton Dunn was a standout: he scored two runs and stole Three bases. while going 3-for-4. He has become a key player for Hephzibah: the team is 3-1 when he posts at least two stolen bases, but 3-8 otherwise. Rodney Patterson also deserves some recognition as he brought in his first RBI of the season.

Hephzibah always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .550. They are 6-1 when they post an OBP of .513 or better.

The victory made it two in a row for Hephzibah and bumps their season record up to 6-9. A key ingredient in that success has been their performance when it comes to hits: they averaged an imposing 14.5 hits in those games compared to only 3.54 in the others. As for Howard, they dropped their record down to 2-13 with the loss, which was their seventh straight on the road.

Hephzibah will have a chance to go back-to-back against Howard: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 4:30 p.m. on Friday.