Baseball Recap: Horse Creek Academy Makes It Three in a Row at Home

For some reason, the away team has come away with the win the last four times Horse Creek Academy and North have met, but the home crowd finally got their W on Friday. The Horse Creek Academy Stallions' pitcher stepped up to hand the North Eagles a 10-0 shutout. The result was nothing new for the Stallions, who have now won four games by ten runs or more so far this season.

Jaxon Martin

Hits Against

02/28/25 vs Newberry	2
03/14/25 vs North	1

Jaxon Martin made a big impact no matter where he played. On the mound, he didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only one hit while striking out ten over five innings pitched. Horse Creek Academy is 3-1 when Martin allowstwo or fewer hits, but 1-2 otherwise. Martin was also solid in the batter's box, going 1-for-2 with one double and one RBI.

In other batting news, Bryce Gunter and Connor Kanagy did most of the damage at the plate: Gunter scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-1, while Kanagy scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. Kanagy is becoming a predictor of Horse Creek Academy's success: when he posts at least two runs the team is 3-1 (and 1-2 when he doesn't). Caden Downey also deserves some recognition as he hit his first double of the season.

Horse Creek Academy's win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 4-3. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.3 runs on average over those games. As for North, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-2.

Coincidentally, Horse Creek Academy and North will both be playing Wagener-Salley the next time they take the field. Horse Creek Academy will host Wagener-Salley at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, while North will head out to face them at 6:00 p.m. on March 25th.