Jaguars
| 03/26/25 vs Vance County | 18 |
| 03/07/25 vs Louisburg | 14 |
| 03/19/25 @ Southeast Alamance | 5 |
| 03/04/25 @ Louisburg | 5 |
| 03/06/25 vs Person | 4 |
Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Carrboro). They blew past the Vance County Vipers 18-1 on Wednesday. The win continues a trend for the Jaguars in their matchups with the Vipers: they've now won seven in a row.
Joe Smith made a big impact while hitting and pitching. He struck out ten batters over five innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits (and only one walk). He is becoming a predictor of Carrboro's success: when he allows at most one earned run the team is 3-1 (and 0-5 when he doesn't). Smith was also stellar in the batter's box, scoring three runs and stealing three bases while going 3-for-4. He also put up a triple, which was his first of the season.
In other batting news, Carrboro got a massive performance out of Owen Rounsley, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 3-for-4. Those three hits gave Rounsley a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Evan Stowe, who scored three runs and stole two bases while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances.
Carrboro was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .400. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Vance County only posted a batting average of .176.
Carrboro's victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 3-6. A key ingredient in that success has been their performance when it comes to hits: they averaged an imposing nine hits in those games compared to only 3.83 in the others. As for Vance County, they are on a 26-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-8.
Carrboro will have a chance to go back-to-back against Vance County: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 4:00 p.m. on Friday.
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