Baseball Recap: East Gaston Has No Trouble Against Highland Tech

Warriors

Margin (Wins)

03/28/25 vs Shelby	18
03/11/25 vs Bessemer City	16
04/23/25 vs Highland Tech	12
03/12/25 @ West Iredell	11
04/10/25 vs Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy	10

East Gaston was handed a heart-breaking two-run loss in their last game, but they sure didn't let that happen against Highland Tech on Wednesday. The Warriors were the clear victors by a 13-1 margin over the Rams. The result was nothing new for the Warriors, who have now won eight contests by seven runs or more so far this season.

Dylan Wright made a splash while hitting and pitching. He didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only one hit while striking out seven over six innings pitched. Those seven strikeouts gave him a new career-high. He was also solid in the batter's box, going 2-for-4 with one stolen base, two RBI, and one run.

In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Cameron Barnette, who got on base in four of his five plate appearances with one home run and three runs. He has become a key player for East Gaston: the team is 8-2 when he posts at least two runs, but 5-7 otherwise. Dylan Howell was another key player, getting on base in four of his five plate appearances with two runs and two RBI.

East Gaston was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .433. They are a perfect 8-0 when they post a batting average of .375 or better.

East Gaston has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matches. That's provided a massive bump to their 13-9 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.0 runs on average over those games. As for Highland Tech, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 10-11.

As of now, neither East Gaston nor the Rams have any future games scheduled.