Baseball Recap: Ranburne Takes a Loss

Bulldogs

Previous 5 Games

03/06/26 @ Callaway	2-3
03/05/26 @ Randolph County	10-0
03/03/26 @ Ohatchee	6-0
03/02/26 @ Bowdon	4-0
02/27/26 vs Valley	2-2

Ranburne dropped down to 6-2-1 on Friday, ending the team's three-game streak of wins. They fell just short of the Callaway Cavaliers by a score of 3-2. Having soared to a lofty ten runs in the game before, the Bulldogs couldn't push the score so high this time.

As for Callaway, the victory (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 3-6. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.7 runs on average over those games.

For Callaway's part, Xander Stinson looked comfortable as he struck out nine batters over three innings while giving up no earned runs off three hits (and only one walk). Stinson is becoming a predictor of the Cavaliers' success: when he allows at most one earned run the team is 2-1 (and 1-5 when he doesn't).

On the hitting side, Callaway's victory was truly a team effort as seven different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Player #6, who went 2-for-3 with one stolen base, one run, and one RBI.

Ranburne didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next game, a 12-3 defeat against Central of Clay County on the 9th. As for Callaway, they have also already played their next matchup, a 17-7 win against Pike County on the 10th.