Baseball Recap: Silsbee Has No Trouble Against Shepherd

Tigers

Margin (Wins)

03/06/26 vs Shepherd	13
03/06/26 vs Buna	12
02/24/26 vs Woodville	10
02/06/26 @ Hamshire-Fannett	7

Silsbee saw some tournament action on Friday. They put the hurt on the Shepherd Pirates with a sharp 14-1 win. The result was nothing new for the Tigers, who have now won four contests by seven runs or more so far this season.

Ben Potts made a big impact while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, pitching 3.1 innings while giving up no earned runs off two 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 1-for-3 with two RBI and one run. That's the most RBI he has posted since back in February.

In other batting news, the team relied heavily on David Babuska, who went 1-for-2 with one home run, four RBI, and two runs. Those four RBI gave him a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Brendon Hughes, who went 1-for-2 with two runs, one stolen base, and one RBI.

Silsbee always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .593. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.

The victory made it two in a row for Silsbee and bumps their season record up to 8-3-2. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered a grand total of 5 runs in those games. As for Shepherd, the defeat snapped their winning streak at four games and leaves them with a 6-5 record.

Coming up, Silsbee will look to defend their home field on Tuesday against Lumberton at 7:00 p.m. The Raiders will aim to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each game than the last. As for Shepherd, they will be taking part in a tournament against Huntington at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. The Pirates' pitchers better be ready for this one: the Red Devils have averaged an impressive 8.7 runs per game this season.