Baseball Recap: Latta Extends Winning Streak to Eight

Vikings

Margin (Wins)

03/27/25 @ Marion	20
04/04/25 @ Carvers Bay	19
04/01/25 vs Hemingway	16
04/01/25 vs Hemingway	16
04/29/25 vs Carvers Bay	14

Latta came tearing into Thursday's match with seven straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 7.7 runs), and they left with even more momentum. They put the hurt on the Dillon Wildcats with a sharp 18-8 victory. Considering the Vikings have won nine contests by more than nine runs this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.

Seth Minshew and Logan Byrd did most of the damage at the plate: Minshew went 2-for-4 with two runs, one triple, and two RBI, while Byrd got on base in three of his four plate appearances with four runs, one double, and one RBI. Those four runs gave Byrd a new career-high. Another player making a difference was JJ Welch, who went 1-for-2 with two runs and one RBI.

Latta was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .500. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .480 or higher in three consecutive games.

Latta pushed their record up to 15-7 with the win, which was their fifth straight at home. The home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.6 runs on average over those games. As for Dillon, they are on a ten-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 3-13.

The teams didn't have to wait long for a rematch: Latta beat the Wildcats by a score of 7-2 later that day.