Baseball Recap: Make It Three in a Row for Start

Spartans

Margin (Wins)

04/27/26 vs Woodward	26
03/30/26 @ Rogers	23
05/04/26 vs Waite	20
04/28/26 @ Woodward	20
05/11/26 vs Rogers	14

Start waltzed into their game on Monday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They never let the Rogers Rams get on the board and left with a 14-0 win. The Spartans might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won seven matchups by ten runs or more this season.

Lucas Buck made a big impact while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, pitching three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in strikeouts (five). He was also big at the plate, going 1-for-2 with three runs. Start is 4-1 when Buck posts two or more runs, but 7-8 otherwise.

In other batting news, Start got a massive performance out of Robert Ramsey, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with two runs, one stolen base, and two RBI. Ramsey has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played. Another player making a difference was Kolbe Roesner, who went 2-for-3 with two runs, one stolen base, and two RBI.

Start always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .533. They are a perfect 7-0 when they post an OBP of .513 or better.

Start's record is now 11-9. As for Rogers, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 6-16.

We've got plenty of inter-conference action coming up soon. Start is set to square off against their familiar foe Waite at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Meanwhile, Rogers will take on rival Scott at 5:00 p.m. on Friday.