Baseball Recap: South Plantation Wins Going Away Against Mcarthur

South Plantation made up a huge gap compared to their last game against McArthur, but they still couldn't quite topple them. Everything went the South Plantation Paladins' way against the McArthur Mustangs on Tuesday as the South Plantation Paladins made off with an 18-8 win. Considering the Paladins have won four games by more than seven runs this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.

Caleb Thomas looked comfortable as he pitched three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. He has become a key player for South Plantation: the team is 2-1 when he allows at most three hits, but 3-5-1 otherwise.

Andrew Gollan

Runs Batted In (Career)

03/11/25 vs McArthur	6
03/06/25 vs Fort Lauderdale	2
02/26/25 vs Northeast	2
02/20/25 @ Highlands Christian	2
04/02/24 @ Deerfield Beach	2

At the plate, South Plantation got a massive performance out of Andrew Gollan, who went a perfect 3-for-3 with six RBI, two stolen bases, and one run. Those six RBI gave Gollan a new career-high. Lucas Decordova also deserves some recognition as he launched his first home run of the season.

South Plantation always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .538. They are undefeated (3-0) when they post an OBP of .513 or better.

South Plantation's record is now 5-6-1. As for McArthur, they dropped their record down to 2-11 with the loss, which was their fifth straight on the road.

Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. South Plantation will head out to square off against Pompano Beach at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Pompano Beach's pitching crew has only allowed 2.8 runs per game this season, so South Plantation's hitters will have their work cut out for them. As for McArthur, they will venture away from home to challenge Fort Lauderdale at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. McArthur has given up an average of 11.2 runs per game this season, so hopefully the team got some pitching drills in this week.