Baseball Recap: Hernando Drops Highest Score of Season Against Collinsville

Tigers

Team Score (Highest)

03/29/25 vs Collinsville	18
03/28/25 @ Southaven	17
03/18/25 vs Horn Lake	15
03/01/25 @ Tupelo	12
03/21/25 @ Horn Lake	11

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Hernando). They blew past the Collinsville Kahoks 18-5 on Saturday. The victory was familiar territory for the Tigers, who have now won seven games in a row.

Coen McKnight looked comfortable as he struck out six batters over 3.2 innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off four hits (and only one walk). He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in three consecutive appearances.

At the plate, Hernando got a massive performance out of Josh Pe?a, who scored three runs and stole two bases while going 3-for-4. That's the most stolen bases Pe?a has posted over his last 13 contests. The team also got some help courtesy of Preston Johnson, who went 2-for-4 with three runs, one triple, and two RBI.

Hernando kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 11 hits. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now got at least eight hits in 11 consecutive matchups.

Hernando's win bumped their record up to 13-7-1. As for Collinsville, they are on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 3-6.

Both teams are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Hernando will challenge Oxford at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. As for Collinsville, they will look to defend their home field on Wednesday against Granite City at 4:30 p.m.