Baseball Recap: Armwood Sets Scoring Season-High Against Middleton

Hawks

Team Score (Highest)

03/31/25 @ Middleton	17
03/04/25 vs Tampa Bay Tech	14
03/06/25 @ Hillsborough	10
02/25/25 @ Strawberry Crest	7
03/25/25 @ King	5

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Armwood). They put the hurt on the Middleton Tigers with a sharp 17-2 victory on Monday. The win continues a trend for the Hawks in their matchups with the Tigers: they've now won four in a row.

Zalen Hicks looked comfortable as he struck out seven batters over four innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off four hits. What's more, he gave up only two walks, the fewest he's had since back in March.

On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Princeton Clark, who scored two runs and stole two bases while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. He has become a key player for Armwood: the team is 2-1 when he posts at least two runs, but 3-13 otherwise. Another player making a difference was Christian Villanueva, who got on base in all four of his plate appearances with two RBI and one double.

Armwood always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .564. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Middleton only posted an OBP of .333.

Armwood's victory bumped their record up to 5-14. As for Middleton, they dropped their record down to 3-15 with the loss, which was their fifth straight at home.

Looking ahead, Armwood will host Bloomingdale at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. As for Middleton, they are taking a road trip to take on Blake at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday.