Baseball Recap: Burke County Picks Up Sixth Straight Win at Home

Bears

Margin (Wins)

03/18/25 @ Laney	18
03/07/25 @ Josey	16
04/16/25 vs Butler	15
04/15/25 vs Laney	15
03/28/25 vs Glenn Hills	15

The Burke County Bears made easy work of the Butler Bulldogs on Wednesday and carried off a 16-1 win. Considering the Bears have won ten matches by more than five runs this season, Wednesday's blowout was nothing new.

Skyler Brown and Landin Alley did most of the damage at the plate: Brown went 2-for-3 with two runs, two RBI, and one double, while Alley went 2-for-3 with one stolen base, two RBI, and one run. Those two hits gave Alley a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Jayden Caamal, who went 1-for-2 with two RBI and one run.

They weren't the only ones making solid contact: Burke County kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 12 hits. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 5.6 hits per game earlier this season, but in their last 15 contests they've averaged 9.4.

Burke County pushed their record up to 14-10 with the victory, which was their sixth straight at home. The home wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 12.5 runs over those games. As for Butler, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 2-5.

The teams didn't have to wait long for a rematch: Burke County beat the Bulldogs by a score of 15-0 later that day.