Baseball Recap: Kress Drops Season-High Score on Shamrock

Kangaroos

Team Score (Highest)

04/17/25 @ Shamrock	22
03/25/25 vs Shamrock	20
03/31/25 @ Valley	19
04/08/25 @ Claude	17
03/15/25 vs Olton	15

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Kress). They blew past the Shamrock Irish 22-1 on Thursday. The result was nothing new for the Kangaroos, who have now won seven games by seven runs or more so far this season.

Drew Morphis was a major factor no matter where he played. On the mound, he didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only two hits while striking out 13 over five innings pitched. He has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in six consecutive appearances. He was also big at the plate, going 3-for-5 with one home run, four runs, and two stolen bases. Kress is 5-1 when Morphis posts two or more runs, but 3-8 otherwise.

In other batting news, Kraegen Pesina was a standout: he got on base in all three of his plate appearances with three runs, one triple, and two RBI. Those three runs gave him a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Jordan Burns, who went a perfect 3-for-3 with three runs and three RBI.

Kress always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .732. That was just more of the same: they've now posted an OBP of .536 or higher in four consecutive matchups.

Kress' win was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 8-9. The road victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.8 runs on average over those games. As for Shamrock, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 5-9.

We've got plenty of inter-district action coming up soon. Kress will take on rival Valley at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. Meanwhile, Shamrock is set to challenge their familiar foe Claude at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday.