Slocomb won the last time they faced Northside Methodist Academy and things went their way on Friday too. Slocomb put the hurt on Northside Methodist Academy with a sharp 15-5 win. Considering the Red Tops have won five games by more than five runs this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Jaxon Langham made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. Those zero hits allowed gave him a new career-low. He was also solid in the batter's box, getting on base in three of his four plate appearances with one triple, one run, and one RBI. That triple marked the first that he hit this season.
In other batting news, Wyatt Reeder and Cade Hodges did most of the damage at the plate: Reeder scored two runs and stole two bases while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances, while Hodges scored two runs while going 2-for-3. Another player making a difference was Luke Goodman, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-2.
Red Tops
| 03/21/25 vs Northside Methodist Academy | 45.8% |
| 03/20/25 @ Northside Methodist Academy | 12.9% |
| 03/06/25 @ Headland | 30% |
| 03/04/25 @ Dale County | 20% |
| 03/03/25 vs Carroll | 26.1% |
| + 11 more games |
Slocomb was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .458. The last time their batting average was this high was back in April of 2024.
Slocomb is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last ten matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 9-5 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.8 runs on average over those games. Northside Methodist Academy's loss was their seventh straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 0-10.
Coming up, Slocomb will take on W.S. Neal in a tournament on Tuesday. As for Northside Methodist Academy, they will welcome Beebe at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
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