Baseball Recap: Firestone Picks Up Third Consecutive Win

Falcons

Margin (Wins)

04/13/26 @ North	27
04/27/26 @ Buchtel	25
04/08/26 vs East	22
03/30/26 vs Garfield	22
04/06/26 @ East	18

Firestone had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5 runs) and they went ahead and made it three on Monday. They put the hurt on the Buchtel Griffins with a sharp 27-2 win. Considering the Falcons have won six games by more than five runs this season, Monday's blowout was nothing new.

Ashton Lowe made a splash while hitting and pitching. He struck out six batters over three innings while giving up just one earned run but no hits. Lowe was also big at the plate, earning one run and two stolen bases. Those two stolen bases gave him a new career-high.

In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Jason Chestnut, who went 4-for-5 with one home run, five runs, and seven RBI. Firestone is 6-1 when Chestnut posts two or more runs, but 1-3 otherwise. Noah Millin was another key player, getting on base in five of his six plate appearances with three runs, one stolen base, and one RBI.

Firestone always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .549. They are a perfect 5-0 when they post an OBP of .513 or better.

Firestone's victory bumped their record up to 7-4. As for Buchtel, their loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 5-2.

Firestone will have a chance to go back-to-back against the Griffins: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday.