Baseball Recap: Blythewood Extends Winning Streak to Ten

Bengals

Previous Games

03/25/25 @ Lugoff-Elgin	11-0
03/21/25 vs A.C. Flora	8-7
03/20/25 @ Spring Valley	12-2
03/18/25 vs Spring Valley	12-2
03/14/25 @ A.C. Flora	11-0
+ 5 more games

Blythewood had already won nine in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 9.3 runs) and they went ahead and made it ten on Tuesday. They never let the Lugoff-Elgin Demons get on the board and left with an 11-0 victory. The home team had taken home the W every time these teams have met since April 1, 2019, but that streak is no more.

Johnny Collins was a major factor no matter where he played. He looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run and allowed only two hits while striking out six over five innings pitched. Collins was also big at the plate, going 2-for-3 with one triple, two RBI, and one double. That's the most RBI he has posted since back in March of 2024.

In other batting news, Sammy Franklin was excellent, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-3. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played. Macon Leppert was another key player, getting on base in all four of his plate appearances with one double and one RBI.

Blythewood's win was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 10-1. The victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.0 run on average over those games. As for Lugoff-Elgin, the defeat snapped their winning streak at four games and leaves them with a 6-5 record.

Blythewood will have a chance to go back-to-back against Lugoff-Elgin: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday.