Baseball Recap: Choctawhatchee Snags Sixth Victory in Last Seven Games

Indians

Margin (Wins)

02/28/25 @ Pine Forest	21
03/21/25 @ Fort Walton Beach	13
03/14/25 vs Pine Forest	12
03/26/25 @ West Florida	11
03/03/25 vs Rocky Bayou Christian	10

Choctawhatchee won against Fort Walton Beach last Friday with 13 runs and they decided to stick to that run total again on Wednesday. Choctawhatchee put the hurt on the West Florida Jaguars with a sharp 13-2 victory. The result was nothing new for the Indians, who have now won seven games by six runs or more so far this season.

Carson Appleton tossed a big game, striking out six batters over 6.2 innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off seven hits. Choctawhatchee is undefeated when Appleton allowstwo or fewer earned runs, but 5-6 otherwise.

At the plate, Choctawhatchee got a massive performance out of Maddox Gentry, who went 3-for-4 with four RBI, one stolen base, and one run. Those three hits gave Gentry a new career-high. Ryan Saffo also deserves some recognition as he snagged his first stolen base of the season.

Choctawhatchee was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .419. They are a perfect 5-0 when they post a batting average of .375 or better.

Choctawhatchee is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven contests. That's provided a massive bump to their 10-6 record this season. Those wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 9.4 runs over those games. West Florida's defeat ended a 16-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 15-3.

Coming up, Choctawhatchee will host Escambia at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Choctawhatchee's pitchers better be ready for this one: Escambia has averaged an impressive 8.2 runs per game this season. As for West Florida, a feisty cat fight will be fought as West Florida Jaguars face off against Milton Panthers at 5:00 p.m. on Friday.