Baseball Recap: Make It Eight in a Row for Ariton

Purple Cats

Margin (Wins)

02/19/26 vs Zion Chapel	21
03/12/26 vs New Brockton	20
03/09/26 @ Houston County	18
03/19/26 @ Abbeville	17
03/03/26 @ Zion Chapel	16

Ariton had already won seven in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 10.1 runs) and they went ahead and made it eight on Friday. They blew past the Park Crossing Thunderbirds 11-1. Considering the Purple Cats have won 20 matchups by more than five runs this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.

Ariton's win bumped their record up to 22-4. As for Park Crossing, they have traveled a rocky road recently, having lost 16 of their last 17 games. That's put a noticeable dent in their 3-23 record this season.

Ariton will head out to challenge Long at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (the Purple Cats 2.7, the Rebels 2.8) so any runs scored will be well earned. As for Park Crossing, they will square off against Brewbaker Tech at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. The Thunderbirds' pitchers better be ready for this one: the Rams have averaged an impressive 8.3 runs per game this season.