Baseball Recap: Morrison Sets Scoring Season-High Against Ashton-Franklin Center

Mustangs

Team Score (Highest)

05/08/25 @ Ashton-Franklin Center	23
04/10/25 @ Polo	16
03/25/25 vs Galva	16
04/15/25 @ Amboy	14
04/08/25 vs Polo	11

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Morrison). They put the hurt on the Ashton-Franklin Center Raiders with a sharp 23-4 win on Thursday. The Mustangs haven't had any issues with the Raiders recently, as the game was their third consecutive victory against them.

Koltin Swaim and Kaleb Schroeder did most of the damage at the plate: Swaim got on base in four of his five plate appearances with four runs, two stolen bases, and two RBI, while Schroeder went 3-for-4 with four runs and four RBI. That's the most runs Schroeder has posted since back in March. The team also got some help courtesy of Jacob Reed, who went 2-for-3 with three runs, three RBI, and one stolen base.

Morrison was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .567. Their batting average was a full 0 higher than the also-impressive .389 that Ashton-Franklin Center posted.

Morrison pushed their record up to 10-7 with the win, which was their third straight on the road. Those road victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.7 runs on average over those games. As for Ashton-Franklin Center, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 14-10.

Both teams are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Morrison will challenge Bureau Valley at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. The Mustangs are facing the Storm at the right time seeing as the Storm are stuck on a four-game losing streak. As for Ashton-Franklin Center, they will face off against River Ridge at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday.