Baseball Recap: Monroe Central Has No Trouble Against Randolph Southern

Golden Bears

Margin (Wins)

04/24/25 @ Wes-Del	16
04/17/25 @ Daleville	15
05/22/25 vs Randolph Southern	10
05/16/25 vs Blackford	10
04/12/25 @ Alexandria-Monroe	10

Monroe Central won the last time they faced Randolph Southern and things went their way on Thursday too. The Golden Bears put the hurt on the Rebels with a sharp 11-1 win. Considering the Golden Bears have won ten matches by more than five runs this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.

Isaac Middleton made a splash while hitting and pitching. He struck out six batters over 4.1 innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits. Middleton was also big at the plate, going 1-for-4 with one home run, three RBI, and two runs. He is becoming a predictor of Monroe Central's success: when he posts at least one home run the team is undefeated (and 10-13 when he doesn't).

In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Carter Duncan, who went 2-for-4 with two stolen bases and two runs. Monroe Central is 10-1 when Duncan posts two or more runs, but 3-12 otherwise. The team also got some help courtesy of Mason McCreery, who went a perfect 1-for-1 with three RBI.

Monroe Central was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .407. They are a perfect 8-0 when they post a batting average of .375 or better.

The victory got Monroe Central back to even at 13-13. As for Randolph Southern, they dropped their record down to 3-17 with the defeat, which was their seventh straight on the road.

The two teams are set to take part in some playoff action in their next matches. Monroe Central will challenge Cambridge City Lincoln at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. As for Randolph Southern, they will head out on the road to square off against Blue River Valley at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The Vikings have struggled to contain batters this season (they've allowed 6.88 runs per game on average), something the Rebels will no doubt try to take advantage of.