Baseball Recap: Appalachian Snags Tenth Victory in Last 11 Games

Eagles

Margin (Wins)

03/11/25 vs Cleveland	18
03/07/25 @ Ragland	16
02/24/25 vs Locust Fork	15
03/18/25 vs Jefferson Christian Academy	13
03/08/25 vs Holly Pond	13

There's no place like home for Appalachian, who bounced back after a loss on the road last Tuesday. Everything went their way against the Coosa Christian Conquerors on Thursday as they made off with an 11-2 victory. Considering the Eagles have won 17 games by more than five runs this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.

Caleb Conn spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered just two earned runs on three hits.

On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on JT Hyde, who went 2-for-3 with three runs, one triple, and two RBI. That's the most runs he has posted since back in February. The team also got some help courtesy of Reid Murphree, who went 2-for-3 with two runs, one triple, and one RBI.

Appalachian is on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 11 matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 22-3 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.9 runs on average over those games. As for Coosa Christian, their defeat dropped their record down to 13-9.

Looking ahead, Appalachian will head out to face off against Sand Rock at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. As for Coosa Christian, they will host North Sand Mountain on Saturday. The Conquerors' pitchers better be ready for this one: the Bison have averaged an impressive 8.3 runs per game this season.