Baseball Recap: Oxford Beats Shades Valley for Their Seventh Straight Victory

Yellow Jackets

Margin (Wins)

03/01/25 vs Pleasant Valley	15
04/01/25 vs Shades Valley	10
03/19/25 vs Boaz	10
03/11/25 vs Sipsey Valley	10
03/04/25 vs Alexandria	10

Oxford came tearing into Tuesday's game with six straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5.7 runs), and they left with even more momentum. They put the hurt on the Shades Valley Mounties with a sharp 10-0 victory. The Yellow Jackets might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won 11 contests by six runs or more this season.

Oxford's win was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 20-7. Those home victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 8.8 runs over those games. As for Shades Valley, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 3-17.

Oxford will have a chance to go back-to-back against the Mounties: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday.