Baseball Recap: Cooter Wins Going Away Against Risco

Wildcats

Margin (Wins)

03/19/26 vs Scott County Central	15
04/15/26 @ Gideon	13
04/20/26 @ Clarkton	12
05/13/26 vs Campbell	10
04/14/26 vs Charleston	10

Cooter barely beat Risco the last time the pair played, but that sure wasn't the case this time around. The Wildcats put the hurt on the Tigers with a sharp 10-1 victory on Friday. The Wildcats might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won seven matchups by seven runs or more this season.

Brayson Green made a big impact no matter where he played. He struck out 13 batters over 6.1 innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits. Those 13 strikeouts gave him a new career-high. He was also solid in the batter's box, going 1-for-3 with two runs.

In other batting news, Jayden Mathis was incredible, going 2-for-3 with one home run, three runs, and three RBI. Those three runs gave him a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Kauner Jackson, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with one run.

Cooter was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .423. That's the best batting average they've posted all season.

Cooter's win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 14-8. The home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.0 run on average over those games. As for Risco, their loss dropped their record down to 10-7.

As of now, neither Cooter nor the Tigers have any future games scheduled.