Baseball Recap: Creek Wood Now 8-2 over Last Ten Games

Red Hawks

Margin (Wins)

03/25/25 vs Fairview	17
04/11/25 vs Dickson County	14
04/24/25 vs West Creek	10
03/14/25 vs Waverly Central	10
03/10/25 @ Northwest	10

Creek Wood barely beat West Creek the last time the pair played, but that sure wasn't the case this time around. The Red Hawks blew past the Coyote 12-2 on Thursday. Considering the Red Hawks have won nine contests by more than six runs this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.

Hunter Bennett looked comfortable as he didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only one hit while striking out eight over four innings pitched.

On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Ej Larkin, who went 2-for-3 with three runs and two RBI. That's the most RBI he has posted since back in March. Noah Allsbrooks also deserves some recognition as he got his first hit of the season.

Creek Wood always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .636. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.

Creek Wood is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last ten matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 22-8 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 7.2 runs over those games. As for West Creek, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 6-16.

Creek Wood didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next game, a 13-3 win against Fairview on the 30th. As for West Creek, they also wasted no time getting back out on the field and have already played their next contest, an 18-1 defeat against Dickson County on the 30th.