Baseball Recap: Sumrall Wins Going Away Against Wayne County

Bobcats

Margin (Wins)

03/06/25 vs Taylorsville	16
03/07/25 vs Taylorsville	12
03/11/25 vs Wayne County	10
03/01/25 @ West Marion	10
02/25/25 vs Hattiesburg	6

Sumrall won the last time they faced Wayne County and things went their way on Tuesday too. The Sumrall Bobcats blew past the Wayne County War Eagles 14-4. The Bobcats might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five matches by six runs or more this season.

The team relied heavily on Drew Davis, who scored three runs and stole a base while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. He is becoming a predictor of Sumrall's success: when he posts at least two runs the team is undefeated (and 3-4 when he doesn't). The team also got some help courtesy of Will Raner, who scored a run and stole Two bases. while getting on base in two of his four plate appearances.

Sumrall kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 11 hits. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 5.1 hits per game earlier this season, but in their last 15 games they've averaged 12.

Sumrall's victory bumped their record up to 8-4. As for Wayne County, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 5-4.

Coming up, Sumrall will square off against George County at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. George County is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.3 runs per game this season. As for Wayne County, they will take on Mize at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Wayne County has given up an average of 6.9 runs per game this season, so hopefully the team got some pitching drills in this week.