Baseball Recap: Eastern Alamance Snaps Four-Game Streak of Losses on the Road

Eastern Alamance made up a huge gap compared to their last game against Southeast Alamance, but they still couldn't quite topple them. The Eastern Alamance Eagles blew past the Southeast Alamance Stallions 14-4 on Tuesday. The high-scoring effort was just what the Eagles needed considering they were shut out in their previous match.

Kasen Mcginnis made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he struck out seven batters over three innings while giving up three earned (and one unearned) runs off only one hit. Eastern Alamance is 2-1 when Mcginnis allowstwo or fewer hits, but 2-3 otherwise. Mcginnis was even better at the plate, going a perfect 4-for-4 with four RBI, one stolen base, and one run. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in hits.

In other pitching news, Zack Merchel looked comfortable as he struck out six batters over three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. He is becoming a predictor of Eastern Alamance's success: when he allows at most two hits the team is 2-1 (and 2-3 when he doesn't).

Jarrett Newell

Runs (Career)

03/18/25 @ Southeast Alamance	4
04/03/24 @ R.J. Reynolds	3
04/19/24 vs Cedar Ridge	2
04/12/24 @ Western Alamance	2
04/09/24 vs Western Alamance	2

Back at the plate, the team relied heavily on Jarrett Newell, who scored four runs while going 4-for-4. Those four runs gave him a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Tyler Westbrooks, who scored five runs and stole a base while going 3-for-4.

Eastern Alamance was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .457. That's the best batting average they've posted all season.

Eastern Alamance's victory ended a four-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 4-4. As for Southeast Alamance, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-2.

Looking ahead, Eastern Alamance will challenge Page at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Page has struggled to contain batters this season (they've allowed 9.44 runs per game on average), something Eastern Alamance will no doubt try to take advantage of. As for Southeast Alamance, they will square off against Carrboro at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Southeast Alamance's pitching crew has only allowed 3.5 runs per game this season, so Carrboro's hitters will have their work cut out for them.