How Southside Christian baseball set home run record in winning Upper State
Southside Christian baseball hit three home runs May 20 in the Upper State championship game against Chapman to set a single-season team record.
Not even any of the Southside Christian baseball teams that won state championships in each of the past four years hit home runs like this. CJ Aubuchon’s second homer of the game May 20 at Sabre Park secured a 12-4 win against Chapman for the SCHSL Class 3A Upper State high school title and set the single-season team record for home runs at 26. Southside Christian (24-8-1) will have at least two more chances to add to it, beginning at home May 23 for the start of a best-of-three state championship series against either Oceanside or Hanahan.
“We’ve been hitting the ball really well,” Aubuchon said. “We’ll just try to keep that going. ” Aubuchon, a 6-foot-4 senior left-hander who signed with Samford, was 3-for-3 with six RBIs in the first four innings.
He has six homers this season. UPPER STATE BRACKETS: Baseball and softball 2026 SCHSL Upper State championship brackets for area teams “He’s done a great job for us,” Southside Christian coach Scott Freeman said. “He’s been kind of a dead-pull hitter a lot, so it was great to see that he hit two opposite field home runs tonight.
His approach has been incredible, especially in the last five or six games. He makes them throw strikes and when they do, he makes them pay for it. ” Aubuchon hit a three-run homer in the second inning for a 7-4 lead.