Baseball Recap: Fort Zumwalt East Picks Up Seventh Consecutive Win

Lions

Margin (Wins)

04/09/25 @ Fort Zumwalt North	12
03/27/25 @ South Callaway	12
05/13/25 vs Howell North	10
05/07/25 vs Fort Zumwalt South	10
04/15/25 @ Washington	10

Fort Zumwalt East came tearing into Thursday's game with six straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5.3 runs), and they left with even more momentum. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Orchard Farm Eagles a 7-0 shutout. The result was nothing new for the Lions, who have now won 11 contests by six runs or more so far this season.

Carson Page looked comfortable as he didn't allow a single earned run over four innings pitched. What's more, he posted four strikeouts, the most he's had since back in April.

At the plate, Fort Zumwalt East saw seven different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Ryan Kliethermes, who went 2-for-4 with one run and one RBI. That's the most hits Kliethermes has posted since back in April. Harrison Land was another, going 1-for-3 with two RBI, one run, and one double.

Fort Zumwalt East was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .385. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .333 or higher in three consecutive matches.

Fort Zumwalt East's win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 21-11. Those home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.7 runs on average over those games. As for Orchard Farm, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 10-11.

Coming up, Fort Zumwalt East will face off against Lindbergh at 4:15 p.m. on Monday. Orchard Farm does not have any more games scheduled as of now.