Baseball Recap: Essex Extends Winning Streak to Six

Trojans

Margin (Wins)

04/21/25 vs Franklin	19
05/01/25 @ Colonial Beach	16
03/26/25 vs West Point	15
03/26/25 vs West Point	15
05/19/25 @ Westmoreland	12

Essex entered their tilt with Westmoreland on Monday with five consecutive wins, and they'll enter their next game with six. They never let the Eagles get on the board and left with a 12-0 victory. Considering the Trojans have won nine contests by more than six runs this season, Monday's blowout was nothing new.

The team relied heavily on Keion Hence, who went 1-for-3 with four stolen bases, three runs, and two RBI. He has become a key player for Essex: the team is undefeated when he posts at least two stolen bases, but 4-6 otherwise. Another player making a difference was James (Jay) Jeter, who went 3-for-4 with two runs, one stolen base, and two RBI.

Essex pushed their record up to 12-6 with the win, which was their fifth straight on the road. The road victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.6 runs on average over those games. As for Westmoreland, they are on a 22-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-17.

Coming up, Essex will be playing at home against Lancaster at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The Trojans will need to watch out since the Red Devils have now posted at least ten runs in their last three games. Westmoreland does not have any more games scheduled as of now.