Baseball Recap: Moore County Sets Scoring Season-High Against Fayetteville

Raiders

Team Score (Highest)

04/03/25 @ Fayetteville	19
03/18/25 @ Huntland	13
03/03/25 vs Cornersville	13
03/27/25 @ South Pittsburg	11
03/22/25 @ Cascade	10

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Moore County). They were the clear victors by a 19-13 margin over the Fayetteville Tigers on Thursday. Considering the Raiders have won six games by more than five runs this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.

Aiden Webster made a big impact no matter where he played. He looked comfortable on the mound, tossing 2.2 innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits. What's more, he posted five strikeouts, the most he's had since back in March. He was also big at the plate, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-4. He is becoming a predictor of Moore County's success: when he posts at least two runs the team is undefeated (and 6-8 when he doesn't).

In other batting news, Moore County got a massive performance out of Peyton Martin, who scored three runs and stole two bases while getting on base in five of his six plate appearances. Those three runs gave Martin a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Cole Taylor, who scored two runs and stole two bases while getting on base in four of his six plate appearances.

Moore County always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .571. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.

Moore County has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matches. That's provided a massive bump to their 9-8 record this season. Those wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 8.5 runs over those games. As for Fayetteville, their loss dropped their record down to 7-3.

Moore County didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next contest, an 11-1 defeat against Richland on the 4th. As for Fayetteville, they will venture away from home to take on Huntland at 6:00 p.m. on Monday.