Baseball Recap: Make It Four in a Row for West Monroe

West Monroe won the last time they faced Ouachita Parish and things went their way on Thursday too. Everything went the West Monroe Rebels' way against the Ouachita Parish Lions as the West Monroe Rebels made off with an 11-0 win. The match marked the Rebels' most dominant victory of the season so far.

Tyler Roark

Runs Batted In (Career)

03/20/25 @ Ouachita Parish	4
03/11/25 @ Northwood	2
02/22/25 vs St. Thomas More	1
02/17/25 vs Airline	1

Tyler Roark made a splash while hitting and pitching. He tossed one inning while giving up no earned runs or hits. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than one hit in four consecutive appearances. He was also stellar in the batter's box, going 1-for-3 with one home run and four RBI. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in RBI.

In other pitching news, Drew Ferguson looked comfortable as he didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only two hits over four innings pitched. He has been consistent : he hasn't given up more than one earned run any time he's pitched this season.

Back at the plate, the team relied heavily on Peyton Starr, who went 2-for-4 with three RBI and one double. That's the most hits he has posted since back in February. Drew Anderson was another key player, scoring three runs and stealing a base while going 1-for-3.

West Monroe was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .448. That's the best batting average they've posted all season.

The win was the fourth in a row for West Monroe, bringing their record for this year to 11-5-1. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.5 runs on average over those games. As for Ouachita Parish, they are on a five-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 5-11.

Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. West Monroe will venture away from home to challenge Ouachita Christian at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. West Monroe will aim to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each contest than the last. As for Ouachita Parish, they are taking a road trip to square off against West Monroe at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday.