Baseball Recap: Silas Sets Scoring Season-High Against Mount Tahoma

Rams

Team Score (Highest)

04/23/25 @ Mount Tahoma	17
03/21/25 vs Lakes	15
04/22/25 vs Mount Tahoma	11
04/16/25 vs Bellarmine Prep	9
04/08/25 vs Central Kitsap	7

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Silas). They never let the Mount Tahoma T-Birds get on the board and left with a 17-0 victory on Wednesday. The team's explosion at the plate also rewarded the Rams with their most commanding win of the season.

Landon Smith made a big impact while hitting and pitching. He didn't allow a single earned run while striking out six over four innings pitched. Smith was also big at the plate, getting on base in two of his four plate appearances with two RBI and one run.

In other batting news, Max Yoder and Carter Lystra did most of the damage at the plate: Yoder went 2-for-4 with five RBI, while Lystra got on base in all three of his plate appearances with two runs, one stolen base, and one RBI. Those five RBI gave Yoder a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Cameron Duke, who went 1-for-4 with two RBI, one run, and one double.

Silas was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .387. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their batting average total in three consecutive matchups.

Silas is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 11-6 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 8.0 runs over those games. As for Mount Tahoma, they are on a seven-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 3-12.

Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Silas will venture away from home to square off against Peninsula at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. As for Mount Tahoma, they will head out to face off against River Ridge at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. The Hawks have struggled to contain batters this season (they've allowed 8.12 runs per game on average), something the T-Birds will no doubt try to take advantage of.