Baseball Recap: Haynesville Continues Home Dominance on Monday

Golden Tornado

Margin (Wins)

03/13/25 @ Jonesboro-Hodge	23
03/22/25 @ Summerfield	16
03/06/25 @ Ringgold	16
02/27/25 vs Doyline	14
04/08/25 vs Summerfield	11

Haynesville made up a huge gap compared to their last game against Castor, but they still couldn't quite topple them. The Golden Tornado blew past the Tigers 15-6 on Monday. Considering the Golden Tornado have won 11 matches by more than five runs this season, Monday's blowout was nothing new.

Kyle Vines made a splash while hitting and pitching. He struck out seven batters over four innings while giving up just two earned runs off four hits. Those seven strikeouts gave him a new career-high. He was also big at the plate, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 2-for-4.

In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Hunter LeBlanc, who scored four runs and stole five bases while getting on base in all five of his plate appearances. He has become a key player for Haynesville: the team is undefeated when he posts at least two runs, but 4-8-1 otherwise. Miller Toney was another key player, scoring two runs while going 3-for-4.

Haynesville pushed their record up to 12-8-1 with the victory, which was their fifth straight at home. The home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.6 runs on average over those games. As for Castor, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 7-12.

Haynesville wasted no time getting back out on the field and has already played their next game, a 10-0 victory against Homer on the 14th. Castor does not have any more games scheduled as of now.