Baseball Recap: Quapaw Victorious

Wildcats

Margin (Wins)

03/27/26 vs Welch	15
04/20/26 vs Commerce	12
04/02/26 vs Colcord	10
04/13/26 @ Commerce	9
04/02/26 @ Colcord	8

After having lost a blowout in their previous game against Wyandotte, Quapaw was happy to have turned things around on Monday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Commerce Tigers a 12-0 shutout. The Wildcats might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won seven matchups by seven runs or more this season.

Ayden Bruton made a big impact no matter where he played. He looked comfortable on the mound, pitching two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. What's more, he posted two strikeouts, the most he's had over his last two games. He was also stellar in the batter's box, going 1-for-2 with two stolen bases, two runs, and two RBI. He is becoming a predictor of Quapaw's success: when he posts at least two runs the team is undefeated (and 6-11 when he doesn't).

In other batting news, Quapaw let Hayden Radford and Braylen Martin run wild. Radford went a perfect 2-for-2 with three RBI, one stolen base, and one run, while Martin went a perfect 2-for-2 with three RBI, two doubles, and one run. That's the most RBI Radford has posted since back in March. The team also got some help courtesy of Cooper Welch, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with two stolen bases and one run.

Quapaw was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .471. That's the best batting average they've posted all season.

Quapaw's win bumped their record up to 9-11. As for Commerce, they have been struggling recently as they've lost nine of their last 12 contests. That's put a noticeable dent in their 9-11 record this season.

Quapaw will take on Foyil at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. As for Commerce, they will square off against Colcord at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday.