Simmons dropped to 5-6 on Thursday, ending the team's three-game streak of wins on the road. They fell just short of the O'Bannon Greenwaves by a score of 23-22. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Wednesday (17), the Blue Devils still had to take the loss.
Lawrence Woods
| 03/06/26 vs South Delta | 3 |
| 03/03/26 @ West Bolivar | 3 |
| 04/02/26 @ O'Bannon | 2 |
| 04/01/26 vs Shaw | 2 |
| 03/31/26 @ South Delta | 2 |
| + 3 more games |
Lawrence Woods made the most of his time in the batter's box despite the final result and fired off eight RBI, four doubles, and two runs while going 5-for-6. He has become a key player for Simmons: the team is 4-2 when he posts at least two runs, but 1-4 otherwise. Nathaniel Singleton also deserves some recognition as he hit his first double of the season.
As for O'Bannon, they pushed their record up to 13-3 with the victory, which was their tenth straight at home dating back to last season. The home wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 15.4 runs over those games.
On O'Bannon's side, the team relied heavily on Bentley Battershell, who went a perfect 5-for-5 with three stolen bases, six RBI, and three runs. Those six RBI gave Battershell a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Johnathan Harris, who got on base in all five of his plate appearances with two stolen bases, two runs, and one RBI.
While Simmons had to take the loss, they won't have to wait long to give it another shot: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 5:00 p.m. on Monday.
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