Baseball Recap: Bunker Hill Has No Trouble Against West Caldwell

Bunker Hill won against Lincolnton last Tuesday with 13 runs and they decided to stick to that run total again on Friday. Bunker Hill blew past the West Caldwell Warriors 13-3. With that win, the Bears brought their scoring average up to 6.6 runs per game.

Ross Fickling

Runs Batted In (Career)

03/28/25 vs West Caldwell	4
03/24/25 vs West Iredell	2
03/28/24 vs Lincolnton	2
03/05/24 @ Lincolnton	2
02/28/25 @ West Iredell	1

Braydon Marlowe and Ross Fickling made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, Marlowe struck out eight batters over four innings while giving up three earned runs off only one hit. Meanwhile, Fickling pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. He also tossed no earned runs, which is notable because Bunker Hill is 4-1 when he allows at most one earned run, but 4-5 otherwise. At the plate, Marlowe scored a run and stole two bases while going 3-for-3, while Fickling went 3-for-5 with four RBI, two runs, and one double. Those four RBI gave Fickling a new career-high.

In other batting news, Kamden Bortz and Corey Canipe did most of the damage at the plate: Bortz scored two runs and stole three bases while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances, while Canipe scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3. Bortz is becoming a predictor of Bunker Hill's success: when he posts at least two runs the team is undefeated (and 4-6 when he doesn't). Another player making a difference was Tanner Eckard, who went 1-for-4 with one stolen base, two RBI, and one double.

Bunker Hill was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .406. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their batting average total in three consecutive matchups.

Bunker Hill's victory bumped their record up to 8-6. As for West Caldwell, they are on a 21-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-14.

Both squads are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Bunker Hill will host West Lincoln at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. As for West Caldwell, they will challenge North Wilkes at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. North Wilkes has struggled to contain batters this season (they've allowed 7.58 runs per game on average), something West Caldwell will no doubt try to take advantage of.