Blue Ridge waltzed into their contest on Monday with three straight wins... but they left with four. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Southwest Virginia Academy Conquerors a 12-0 shutout. Considering the Jays have won five games by more than nine runs this season, Monday's blowout was nothing new.
Dominic Paul
| 04/21/25 vs Southwest Virginia Academy | 12 |
| 04/15/24 vs Shenandoah Valley Academy | 10 |
| 04/10/25 @ Regents | 9 |
| 04/27/24 vs Fredericksburg V | 9 |
| 04/05/24 @ Grace Christian | 9 |
Dominic Paul made a splash no matter where he played. He looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run and allowing only one hit while striking out 12 over four innings pitched. Those 12 strikeouts gave him a new career-high. He was also solid in the batter's box, going 1-for-3 with two runs, one triple, and one stolen base. He has become a key player for Blue Ridge: the team is undefeated when he posts at least two runs, but 3-5 otherwise.
In other batting news, Josh Craig was a standout: he went 2-for-3 with four RBI, two runs, and two doubles. That's the most runs he has posted since back in April of 2024. The team also got some help courtesy of Josh Landis, who went 2-for-3 with two runs, one triple, and two RBI.
Blue Ridge was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .455. They are a perfect 4-0 when they post a batting average of .375 or better.
Blue Ridge's win bumped their record up to 8-5.
They will have a chance to go back-to-back against Southwest Virginia Academy: the pair will be back at it again later today.
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