The Peach County Trojans will challenge the Cairo Syrupmakers at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Peach County's pitching crew heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Saturday. They put the hurt on Baldwin with a sharp 29-0 win. Winning may never get old, but the Trojans sure are getting used to it with their 13th in a row.
Scout Willingham
| 03/22/25 @ Baldwin | 8 |
| 03/11/25 vs Monroe | 6 |
| 02/15/25 vs Campbell | 6 |
| 02/22/25 vs McEachern | 3 |
| 02/18/25 vs Spalding | 3 |
Scout Willingham made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he struck out eight batters over three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit (and only one walk). Those eight strikeouts gave him a new career-high. He was also stellar in the batter's box, getting on base in all four of his plate appearances with one home run, six RBI, and two runs.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Xavion Childs, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 1-for-1. Another player making a difference was Zach Veillon, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with three RBI.
Peach County always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .739. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Baldwin only posted an OBP of .182.
Meanwhile, Cairo had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 12.5 runs) and they went ahead and made it three on Friday. Everything went their way against the Golden Tornadoes as they made off with a 16-0 victory. The contest marked the Syrupmakers' most dominant win of the season.
Peach County's victory was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 18-2. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.8 runs on average over those games. As for Cairo, their victory bumped their record up to 8-6.
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