Baseball Recap: Watertown Has No Trouble Against Gordonsville

Purple Tigers

Margin (Wins)

04/04/25 @ Cannon County	20
04/24/25 @ Gordonsville	13
04/14/25 vs Jackson County	13
03/24/25 @ York Institute	11
03/10/25 vs Jackson County	10

The matchup between Watertown and Gordonsville on Thursday hardly resembled the 2-1 effort from their previous meeting. The Purple Tigers put the hurt on the Tigers with a sharp 16-3 victory. The Purple Tigers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won nine contests by six runs or more this season.

Shaun Potter made a splash while hitting and pitching. He tossed one inning while giving up no earned runs or hits. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two hits in four consecutive appearances. He was also big at the plate, going 2-for-4 with three runs and one double. Those three runs gave him a new career-high.

In other batting news, Noah Murphy was excellent, going 1-for-5 with two stolen bases, two runs, and two RBI. That's the most stolen bases he has posted since back in March. Another player making a difference was Garrett Davis, who went 1-for-4 with two runs and two RBI.

The win made it two in a row for Watertown and bumps their season record up to 20-3. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered a grand total of 3 runs in those games. As for Gordonsville, their loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 14-9.

Both teams are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Watertown will take on Creek Wood at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The Purple Tigers' pitchers better be ready for this one: the Red Hawks have averaged an impressive 6.4 runs per game this season. As for Gordonsville, they will challenge Smith County at 6:00 p.m. on Friday.