Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Wagener-Salley). Everything went their way against the North Eagles on Tuesday as Wagener-Salley made off with a 25-15 win. The War Eagles not only won on Tuesday, but they posted their biggest win since April 22, 2024.
Bobby Jackson made a splash while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, striking out six batters over 4.1 innings while giving up three earned (and four unearned) runs off four hits. That's the most strikeouts he has posted since back in March of 2024. He was also stellar in the batter's box, scoring four runs while getting on base in three of his six plate appearances.
Gavin Starnes
| 03/25/25 vs North | 5 |
| 03/11/25 vs Calhoun County | 4 |
| 04/22/24 vs Ridge Spring-Monetta | 4 |
| 03/07/24 @ Calhoun County | 3 |
| 04/17/24 vs Keenan | 2 |
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Gavin Starnes, who scored five runs and stole three bases while getting on base in four of his six plate appearances. Those five runs gave him a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Hayden Jordan, who got on base in all six of his plate appearances with one triple, two RBI, and one run.
The victory made it two in a row for Wagener-Salley and bumps their season record up to 4-6. A key ingredient in that success has been their performance when it comes to hits: they averaged an imposing 13.5 hits in those games compared to only 2.63 in the others. As for North, they dropped their record down to 0-3 with the loss, which was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season.
Wagener-Salley didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next matchup, a 12-1 defeat against Pelion on the 26th. As for North, they have also already played their next contest, a 5-0 loss against Wagener-Salley on the 28th.
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