Panthers
| 03/13/25 @ Monroe County | 22 |
| 03/11/25 @ Escambia County | 17 |
| 03/01/25 vs Pike Road | 12 |
| 02/28/25 vs Flomaton | 12 |
| 02/28/25 vs Flomaton | 11 |
Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Excel). Everything went their way against the Monroe County Tigers on Thursday as the Excel Panthers made off with a 22-1 win. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest victory of the season.
Trent Williams was a major factor no matter where he played. On the mound, he struck out six batters over two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit (and only one walk). What's more, he gave up only zero earned runs, the fewest he's had since back in March of 2024. He was also big at the plate, scoring two runs while going 2-for-4.
In other batting news, Excel got a massive performance out of Holden Stacey, who scored three runs and stole Three bases. while going 1-for-2. The dominant performance also gave Stacey a new career-high in RBI (two). Another player making a difference was Hampton Pharr, who scored three runs while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances.
Excel always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .694. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.
The win made it two in a row for Excel and bumps their season record up to 5-11. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.0 run on average over those games. As for Monroe County, they dropped their record down to 0-6 with the defeat, which was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season.
Excel will have a chance to go back-to-back against Monroe County: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 4:00 p.m. on Friday.
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