Baseball Recap: Henry County Drops Season-High Score on Northwest

Patriots

Team Score (Highest)

04/09/25 @ Northwest	15
03/21/25 @ Northeast	13
04/01/25 @ West Creek	10
03/17/25 vs McKenzie	9
03/29/25 vs Hayes	8

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Henry County). They put the hurt on the Northwest Vikings with a sharp 15-6 win on Wednesday. The victory was familiar territory for the Patriots, who have now won seven matches in a row.

Henry County got a great performance from Turner McSwain as he struck out nine batters over five innings while giving up just one earned (and three unearned) runs off five hits (and only one walk). Those nine strikeouts gave McSwain a new career-high.

On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Brock Archie, who went 3-for-4 with one home run, three runs, and three RBI. That's the most hits he has posted over his last 13 games. The team also got some help courtesy of Jeremiah Townsend, who went 3-for-5 with four RBI and two runs.

Henry County kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 13 hits. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 5.5 hits per game earlier this season, but in their last 15 contests they've averaged 9.2.

Henry County's win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 14-4. The road victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 10.7 runs over those games. As for Northwest, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 3-14.

Looking ahead, Henry County will square off against Lexington at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. As for Northwest, they will head out on the road to take on Gallatin at 8:00 p.m. on Friday. The Vikings are facing the Green Wave at the right time seeing as the Green Wave are stuck on a six-game losing streak.