Baseball Recap: Blacksher Makes It Five in a Row at Home

Bulldogs

Margin (Wins)

04/10/26 vs St. Luke's Episcopal	19
02/19/26 @ Murphy	16
03/12/26 @ Clarke County	14
02/19/26 @ Murphy	14
03/19/26 vs Washington County	13

Blacksher won the last time they faced St. Luke's Episcopal and things went their way on Friday too. The Bulldogs blew past the Wildcats 12-2. The result was nothing new for the Bulldogs, who have now won nine matchups by nine runs or more so far this season.

Brayden Bailey made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he didn't allow a single hit and allowed only one earned run over 4.2 innings pitched. He has become a key player for Blacksher: the team is 5-2 when he allows at most one earned run, but 7-10 otherwise. Bailey was also solid in the batter's box, going 1-for-4 with one run, one double, and one RBI.

In other batting news, Blacksher got a massive performance out of Cole Matheny, who went 3-for-4 with one home run, two runs, and one triple. Those two runs gave Matheny a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Jamison Coleman, who went 3-for-4 with three RBI, two runs, and one triple.

Blacksher was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .417. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as St. Luke's Episcopal only posted a batting average of .105.

Blacksher pushed their record up to 12-12 with the victory, which was their fifth straight at home. The home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.0 runs on average over those games. As for St. Luke's Episcopal, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 11-10.

Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Blacksher will square off against W.S. Neal at 6:30 p.m. on Monday. As for St. Luke's Episcopal, they will face off against Bayshore Christian at 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday.