Baseball Game Preview: Vancleave Bulldogs vs. Stone Tomcats

Bulldogs

Runs

04/08/25 @ Stone	4
04/05/25 vs Wayne County	5
04/04/25 @ Wayne County	9
04/02/25 vs Wayne County	11
03/28/25 @ Gautier	6
+ 18 more games

For the second straight game, Vancleave will face off against Stone. The Bulldogs will be playing at home against the Tomcats at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Vancleave is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.9 runs per game this season.

Vancleave is probably headed into the match with a chip on their shoulder considering Stone just ended the team's ten-game winning streak on Tuesday. They fell just short of the Tomcats by a score of 5-4.

For Stone's part, Braxton Jones made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he pitched three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Jones also tossed no earned runs, which is notable because Stone is 2-1 when he allows at most one earned run, but 8-12 otherwise. Jones was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 2-for-3. That's the most hits he has posted since back in April of 2024.

Jones wasn't the only one making solid contact as five players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Nolan Scott, who went 2-for-4 with two RBI. That's the most hits Scott has posted since back in February.

The victory (which was Stone's fifth in a row) raised their record to 10-13. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.2 runs on average over those games. As for Vancleave, their defeat was their first in the district, dropping their district record down to 9-1 and their overall record down to 18-5.