Baseball Recap: Midlakes Find Success

Midlakes was handed a seven-run defeat in their previous outing, but that didn't affect their clutch gene on Monday. They had just enough and edged out the Newark Reds 6-4. This was a revenge game for the Screaming Eagles: when they faced off against the Reds last Friday, they had to take a 11-10 loss.

Braxton Wilkes

Batters Struck Out

05/18/26 @ Newark	9
05/08/26 vs Newark	2
05/07/26 vs Wayne	2
05/02/26 @ Clyde-Savannah	14

Braxton Wilkes was a major factor no matter where he played. On the mound, he struck out nine batters over seven innings while giving up just two earned (and two unearned) runs off six hits. That's the most strikeouts he has posted over his last four matchups. He was also big at the plate, going a perfect 4-for-4 with two RBI, one run, and one double.

In other batting news, Ayden Klapp was excellent, going 2-for-3 with two runs and one double. Midlakes is 4-2 when Klapp posts two or more runs, but 5-9 otherwise. Another player making a difference was Jake Deckert, who went 3-for-4 with one RBI.

Midlakes was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .400. That's the best batting average they've posted all season.

Midlakes has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four contests. That's provided a massive bump to their 9-11 record this season. Those wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 7.5 runs over those games. As for Newark, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 9-11.

Midlakes has already played their next game, a 5-2 defeat against Hornell on the 24th. As for Newark, they also didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next matchup, a 3-1 loss against Batavia on the 21st.