Baseball Recap: Tuesday's Win Is Larue County's 11th in Last 13 Outings

Hawks

Margin (Wins)

04/14/25 @ Caverna	33
03/27/25 @ Bardstown	17
04/03/25 @ Talawanda	16
04/14/25 @ Caverna	15
03/22/25 vs North Hardin	15

Larue County never let their opponents score on Tuesday. Everything went their way against the Taylor County Cardinals as they made off with a 10-0 win. Considering the Hawks have won 15 matches by more than six runs this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.

Lucas Thompson made a splash while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run while striking out six over five innings pitched. He has been consistent: he hasn't given up a single earned run in five consecutive appearances. He was also big at the plate, going a perfect 3-for-3 with one home run, three runs, and four RBI. Those four RBI gave him a new career-high.

In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Dekker Thomas, who went 2-for-3 with four RBI, one run, and one double. Those four RBI gave him a new career-high. Brady Abell was another key player, going 1-for-2 with two runs and one double.

Larue County was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .400. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Taylor County only posted a batting average of .200.

Larue County has been performing well recently as they've won 11 of their last 13 contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 20-5-1 record this season. The victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.5 runs on average over those games. As for Taylor County, with the loss, they broke their four-game winning streak and moved their record to 17-4.

Looking ahead, Larue County will challenge Adair County at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. As for Taylor County, they will welcome Campbellsville at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The Cardinals' pitchers better be ready for this one: the Eagles have averaged an impressive 6.9 runs per game this season.