Baseball Recap: Make It Three in a Row for Locust Grove

Wildcats

Margin (Wins)

02/27/26 @ Hampton	20
03/20/26 @ Eagle's Landing	18
04/02/26 @ Eagle's Landing Christian Academy	16
04/15/26 vs Stockbridge	15
04/01/26 vs Eagle's Landing Christian Academy	15

Locust Grove waltzed into their contest on Wednesday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They never let the Stockbridge Tigers get on the board and left with a 15-0 win. The Wildcats might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won 23 games by six runs or more this season.

Ayden Elliott was a standout: he went a perfect 2-for-2 with three runs, three RBI, and one triple. Those three RBI gave him a new career-high. Landen Lunsford also deserves some recognition as he hit his first triple of the season.

Locust Grove was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .538. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their batting average total in three consecutive matchups.

Locust Grove's victory bumped their record up to 26-2. As for Stockbridge, they have been struggling recently as they've lost six of their last eight contests. That's put a noticeable dent in their 10-17 record this season.

Locust Grove will take on Putnam County at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. As for Stockbridge, they will square off against Westlake at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday.