Baseball Recap: Warren County Victorious

Warren County had to skate by with only a one-run margin when they last took the field, which might have inspired the 13-run drubbing they dealt Manassas Park on Monday. The Wildcats' pitchers stepped up to hand the Cougars a 13-0 shutout. With that victory, the Wildcats brought their scoring average up to 6.2 runs per game.

Seb France

Runs

04/21/25 vs Manassas Park	2
04/16/25 vs Front Royal HomeSchool	2
03/17/25 @ Handley	2
04/09/25 vs Sherando	1
04/04/25 @ Liberty	1
+ 1 more games

Franny Shaffer and Seb France made a big impact while hitting and pitching. On the mound, Shaffer pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. Meanwhile, France tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in strikeouts (four). At the plate, Shaffer earned one RBI, one run, and one stolen base, while France got on base in all three of his plate appearances with two stolen bases, two runs, and one double. France is becoming a predictor of Warren County's success: when he posts at least two runs the team is undefeated (and 2-5 when he doesn't).

In other batting news, Jayden Christopher was incredible, going 2-for-3 with two stolen bases, two runs, and one double. Warren County is undefeated when Christopher posts two or more runs, but 1-5 otherwise. Another player making a difference was Landon Shell, who went 2-for-3 with three RBI and one run.

Warren County always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .679. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.

The win got Warren County back to even at 5-5. As for Manassas Park, they are on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 2-6.

We've got plenty of inter-region action coming up soon. Warren County is set to challenge their familiar foe Kettle Run at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Meanwhile, Manassas Park will face off against rival Brentsville District at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday.