Baseball Recap: Emerald Drops Highest Score of Season Against Southside

Vikings

Team Score (Highest)

04/09/25 vs Southside	20
04/09/25 vs Southside	16
04/02/25 vs Laurens	10
03/11/25 vs Ninety Six	10
03/12/25 @ Ware Shoals	8

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Emerald). Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Southside Tigers a 20-0 shutout on Wednesday. The win continues a trend for the Vikings in their matchups with the Tigers: they've now won eight in a row.

Eli Swancey and Beau Hite were a major factor no matter where they played. Throwing, Swancey tossed one inning while giving up no earned runs or hits. Meanwhile, Hite pitched one inning while giving up no earned runs or hits. At bat, Swancey scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3, while Hite went 1-for-2 with four RBI, one triple, and one run. Swancey has become a key player for Emerald: the team is undefeated when he posts at least two runs, but 3-9 otherwise.

In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Ethan Metts, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-2. The team also got some help courtesy of Aaron Polly, who scored two runs while going 2-for-2.

Emerald always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .778. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.

Emerald's victory bumped their record up to 7-9. As for Southside, they are on a 30-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-13.

Emerald and Southside could both be facing uphill battles in their next games considering their disadvantage in the MaxPreps South Carolina Rankings. The Vikings will square off against Fountain Inn at 6:30 p.m. on Monday with a big rank disadvantage (130 vs. 23). Meanwhile, Southside (ranked 247th) will meet Westside (ranked 46th) at 6:00 p.m. on Monday.