After having lost a blowout in their previous game against Community Christian, McLoud was happy to have turned things around on Wednesday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand Harding Prep a 10-0 shutout. The win continues a trend for the Redskins in their matchups with Harding Prep: they've now won four in a row.
Kaleb Fox and J'Very Mitchell were major factors while hitting and pitching. On the mound, Fox didn't allow a single earned run while striking out six over five innings pitched. Meanwhile, Mitchell tossed one inning while giving up no earned runs off one hit. What's more, he posted three strikeouts, the most he's had since back in March. At the plate, Fox went 1-for-4 with two runs, one stolen base, and two RBI, while Mitchell went 2-for-4 with two runs, two RBI, and one double. McLoud is 2-1 when Fox posts two or more runs, but 7-21 otherwise.
Justus Rooker
| 04/29/26 vs Harding Prep | 2 |
| 04/20/26 vs Star-Spencer | 2 |
| 03/02/26 vs Purcell | 2 |
| 04/14/26 @ Pauls Valley | 1 |
| 04/09/26 @ Prague | 1 |
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In other batting news, Justus Rooker was excellent, going 1-for-3 with two runs, one triple, and one stolen base. He has become a key player for McLoud: the team is 2-1 when he posts at least two runs, but 7-21 otherwise. The team also got some help courtesy of Eli Raines, who went 1-for-3 with two runs and one RBI.
McLoud's victory bumped their record up to 9-22. As for Harding Prep, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 3-18.
McLoud has already played their next contest (against Heritage Hall), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Harding Prep does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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