Baseball Recap: Haskell Has No Trouble Against Porter

Haymakers

Margin (Wins)

04/11/25 @ Fairland	16
03/24/25 @ Mounds	11
03/17/25 @ Chouteau-Mazie	11
03/11/25 @ Liberty	11
03/03/25 @ Aspire HomeSchool	11

Haskell won the last time they faced Porter and things went their way on Monday too. The Haymakers blew past the Pirates 9-1. Considering the Haymakers have won eight games by more than seven runs this season, Monday's blowout was nothing new.

Brady Neal made a big impact while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run and allowing only two hits while striking out eight over five innings pitched. That's the most strikeouts he has posted since back in March of 2024. He was also big at the plate, scoring a run while getting on base in two of his four plate appearances.

In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Jaxon Drain, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with three runs, three RBI, and one triple. He has become a key player for Haskell: the team is undefeated when he posts at least three RBI, but 4-8 otherwise. Jacob Yocham was another key player, getting on base in three of his four plate appearances with two RBI.

The victory got Haskell back to even at 8-8. As for Porter, they moved to 16-13 with that loss, which also ended their three-game winning streak.

Haskell will have a chance to go back-to-back against the Pirates: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday.