
Wildcats
03/28/25 @ Brooks County | 14 |
03/14/25 vs Turner County | 12 |
03/11/25 @ Turner County | 10 |
03/25/25 vs Brooks County | 9 |
03/21/25 @ Clinch County | 4 |
Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Echols County). They blew past the Brooks County Trojans 14-2 on Friday. The win continues a trend for the Wildcats in their matchups with the Trojans: they've now won three in a row.
JP Dees was a major factor no matter where he played. He struck out eight batters over five innings while giving up just two earned runs off six hits. Dees was also big at the plate, scoring two runs while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. That's the most runs he has posted since back in March of 2024.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Brooks Hamm, who got on base in all four of his plate appearances with four RBI, two runs, and one stolen base. He has become a key player for Echols County: the team is undefeated when he posts at least two runs, but 1-15 otherwise. The team also got some help courtesy of Reed Grant, who scored four runs while going 2-for-3.
Echols County always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .588. They are a perfect 3-0 when they post an OBP of .513 or better.
Echols County's record is now 4-15. As for Brooks County, their defeat was their fifth straight at home, which dropped their record down to 4-16.
Echols County will have a chance to go back-to-back against Brooks County: the pair will be back at it again later today.
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