Baseball Recap: Alcorn Central Has No Trouble Against Belmont

Bears

Margin (Wins)

03/14/25 vs Middleton	15
03/10/25 vs Hickory Flat	15
03/07/25 vs Mantachie	10
03/18/25 vs Belmont	7
03/03/25 @ Mantachie	7

Alcorn Central won the last time they faced Belmont and things went their way on Friday too. Alcorn Central put the hurt on Belmont with a sharp 7-1 win. The Bears might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won six matches by six runs or more this season.

Jackson Miller was a major factor no matter where he played. He looked comfortable on the mound, pitching seven innings while giving up just one earned run off six hits. He is becoming a predictor of Alcorn Central's success: when he allows at most one earned run the team is undefeated (and 6-7 when he doesn't). Miller was also solid in the batter's box, going 2-for-4 with three RBI and one double.

Miller wasn't the only one making solid contact as four players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Noah Canten, who scored two runs and stole four bases while going 3-for-3. Alcorn Central is undefeated when Canten posts two or more runs, but 6-7 otherwise.

Alcorn Central is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven games. That's provided a nice bump to their 9-7 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 8.6 runs over those games. Belmont is on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 6-8.

Alcorn Central wasted no time getting back out on the field and has already played their next contest, a 12-7 win against Milan on the 22nd. As for Belmont, they also didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next match, a 19-1 defeat against New Site on the 22nd.