Baseball Recap: Eastern Montgomery Sets Scoring Season-High Against Fleming

Mustangs

Margin (Wins)

04/14/25 vs Fleming	21
03/25/25 @ Roanoke Catholic	13
04/01/25 @ Craig County	12
03/20/25 vs Roanoke Catholic	11
03/24/25 @ Giles	8

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Eastern Montgomery). They blew past the Fleming Colonels 23-2 on Monday. Considering the Mustangs have won six matchups by more than six runs this season, Monday's blowout was nothing new.

Cam Sutphin and Coltin Conner made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, Sutphin struck out six batters over three innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run but no hits. Meanwhile, Conner tossed one inning while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Those six strikeouts gave Sutphin a new career-high. At the plate, Sutphin scored two runs while getting on base in all five of his plate appearances, while Conner went 3-for-5 with one home run, four runs, and four RBI. That home run was Conner's first of the season.

In other batting news, Maze Cox was a standout: he got on base in all five of his plate appearances with three RBI, two runs, and one triple. That triple marked the first that he hit this season. Caleb Jones was another key player, scoring four runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-4.

Eastern Montgomery was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .500. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .333 or higher in four consecutive contests.

Eastern Montgomery pushed their record up to 7-1-1 with the win, which was their third straight at home. The home victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 16.3 runs over those games. As for Fleming, they are on a 28-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-7.

Both squads are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Eastern Montgomery will welcome Highland at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The Mustangs' pitchers better be ready for this one: the Rams have averaged an impressive 9.8 runs per game this season. As for Fleming, they will challenge Northside at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. This will be the Colonels' first chance to prove their worth in the conference.