After having lost a blowout in their previous game against South Beauregard, Hackberry was happy to have turned things around on Monday. They never let the LaGrange Gators get on the board and left with a 21-0 win. With that victory, the Mustangs brought their scoring average up to 6.1 runs per game.
Devin Murphy was a major factor no matter where he played. He pitched three innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. Hackberry is undefeated when Murphy allows two or fewer hits, but 5-8 otherwise. Murphy was also big at the plate, going 2-for-4 with three runs, one triple, and two RBI. That triple marked the first that he has hit this season.
Lane Grey
| 04/13/26 @ LaGrange | 4 |
| 03/24/26 @ South Cameron | 3 |
| 02/20/26 @ Pickering | 3 |
| 03/17/26 vs Singer | 2 |
| 03/31/26 vs Starks | 1 |
In other batting news, Hackberry got a massive performance out of Lane Grey, who got on base in all four of his plate appearances with one home run, four runs, and two RBI. Those four runs gave Grey a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Madden Spicer, who got on base in all four of his plate appearances with four runs, two stolen bases, and one RBI.
Hackberry always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .676. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.
Hackberry now has a winning record of 9-8. As for LaGrange, they are on a seven-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 1-19.
As of now, neither Hackberry nor the Gators have any future games scheduled.
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