Baseball Recap: Elmwood Extends Winning Streak to Six

Royals

Margin (Wins)

04/18/25 @ Pandora-Gilboa	18
05/05/25 @ Arlington	10
04/30/25 vs Riverdale	10
04/26/25 vs Northwood	10
04/14/25 vs Ada	10

Elmwood entered their tilt with Arlington on Monday with five consecutive wins, and they'll enter their next game with six. They never let the Red Devils get on the board and left with a 10-0 victory. Considering the Royals have won ten contests by more than five runs this season, Monday's blowout was nothing new.

Cadyn Stewart was a major factor no matter where he played. He looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run and allowing only two hits while striking out nine over five innings pitched. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two hits in three consecutive appearances. He was also big at the plate, getting on base in all three of his plate appearances with two stolen bases, one run, and one RBI. Those two stolen bases gave him a new career-high.

In other batting news, Elmwood let Ryken Zeigler and Colton Bradford run wild. Zeigler got on base in three of his four plate appearances with two stolen bases, three runs, and one triple, while Bradford got on base in all four of his plate appearances with two stolen bases, three RBI, and two runs. Those two stolen bases gave Bradford a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Kason Hammer, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with two stolen bases, two runs, and one RBI.

Elmwood was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .381. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .355 or higher in three consecutive games.

Elmwood pushed their record up to 14-3 with the win, which was their fifth straight on the road. The road victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.2 runs on average over those games. As for Arlington, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 2-12.

Coming up, Elmwood will venture away from home to face off against Van Buren at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The Black Knights' pitching crew has only allowed 2.7 runs per game this season, so the Royals' hitters will have their work cut out for them. As for Arlington, they will look to defend their home field on Wednesday against Leipsic at 5:00 p.m.