Baseball Recap: Piedmont Academy Turns Things Around After Road Loss

Cougars

Margin (Wins)

03/07/25 vs Central Georgia Arts	16
04/09/25 vs Mount de Sales Academy	15
03/11/25 @ Central Fellowship Christian Academy	13
03/06/25 @ George Walton Academy	11
04/10/25 vs Heritage Preparatory	10

There's no place like home for Piedmont Academy, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Tuesday. Everything went their way against the Stratford Academy Eagles on Thursday as they made off with a 9-2 victory. Considering the Cougars have won nine matches by more than six runs this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.

Zach Simmons made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he pitched 6.2 innings while giving up just two earned runs off seven hits. Simmons was also solid in the batter's box, going 2-for-3 with one run and one double.

In other batting news, Ethan Barman was incredible, going a perfect 2-for-2 with two stolen bases, one run, and one double. That's the most stolen bases he has posted since back in February. Another player making a difference was Chase Taylor, who went 2-for-3 with three runs and one stolen base.

Piedmont Academy was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .435. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .357 or higher in four consecutive games.

Piedmont Academy's win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 11-8. Those home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.7 runs on average over those games. As for Stratford Academy, they moved to 12-8 with that loss, which also ended their three-game winning streak.

When Piedmont Academy and Stratford Academy next hit the field, they'll be up against teams who recently just can't seem to lose. The Cougars will face off against First Presbyterian Day and their 11-game winning streak at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (Piedmont Academy 3.9, the Vikings 2.3) so any runs scored will be well earned. Meanwhile, Stratford Academy will try to stop Central Georgia Arts' six-game winning streak when they meet at 6:00 p.m. on Friday.