Baseball Recap: Rocky Mount Academy Wins Going Away Against St. Thomas More Academy

There's no place like home for Rocky Mount Academy, who bounced back after a loss on the road last Thursday. Everything went their way against the St. Thomas More Academy Chancellors on Tuesday as Rocky Mount Academy made off with a 21-0 win. The match marked the Eagles' most dominant victory of the season so far.

Gehrig Miller made a big impact while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, tossing two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Miller was also big at the plate, scoring two runs while getting on base in three of his five plate appearances.

Tripp Evans

Runs

03/18/25 vs St. Thomas More Academy	2
03/11/25 vs Halifax Academy	2
03/04/25 vs Village Christian Academy	2
03/13/25 @ Harrells Christian Academy	1

In other batting news, Tripp Evans and Jordan Creech-Jones did most of the damage at the plate: Evans went 2-for-4 with three RBI, two runs, and one triple, while Creech-Jones scored four runs and stole a base while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances. Evans is becoming a predictor of Rocky Mount Academy's success: when he posts at least two runs the team is 2-1 (and 1-2 when he doesn't). Ethan Bellamy was another key player, scoring two runs while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances.

Rocky Mount Academy always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .591. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as St. Thomas More Academy only posted an OBP of .222.

The win got Rocky Mount Academy back to even at 3-3. As for St. Thomas More Academy, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-2.

Rocky Mount Academy has already played their next contest (against Kerr-Vance Academy), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. As for St. Thomas More Academy, they didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next game, a 23-3 loss against Thales Academy Apex on the 19th.