Baseball Recap: Harker Beats Jefferson for Their Third Straight Victory

Eagles

Margin (Wins)

05/08/25 vs Jefferson	17
03/25/25 @ Westmoor	17
04/24/25 vs Westmoor	11
04/05/25 vs Gunderson	11
04/21/25 vs Pinewood	9

Harker had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 4.5 runs) and they went ahead and made it three on Thursday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Jefferson Grizzlies a 17-0 shutout. Considering the Eagles have won eight matches by more than six runs this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.

Shaurya Jain made a splash while hitting and pitching. He pitched 1.2 innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. He also tossed no earned runs, which is notable because Harker is 6-2 when he allows at most two earned runs, but 5-6 otherwise. Jain was also solid in the batter's box, going 1-for-3 with one stolen base, two RBI, and one double.

In other pitching news, Mason Brooks looked comfortable as he struck out nine batters over 3.1 innings while giving up no earned runs off three hits. He has been consistent: he hasn't given up a single earned run in five consecutive appearances.

Back at the plate, Harker got a massive performance out of Austin Zhao, who got on base in all four of his plate appearances with three runs, one stolen base, and one double. Those three runs gave Zhao a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Pedro Castro, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with three runs, two RBI, and one double.

Harker was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .452. That's the best batting average they've posted all season.

Harker's victory was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 11-8. The home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.5 runs on average over those games. As for Jefferson, they are on a 24-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-20.

Harker wasted no time getting back out on the field and has already played their next contest, an 11-0 victory against Gunderson on the 12th. As for Jefferson, they have also already played their next game, a 13-6 defeat against Priory on the 13th.