Baseball Recap: Hazleton Area Now 9-1 over Last Ten Games

Cougars

Margin (Wins)

04/23/25 vs Greater Nanticoke Area	14
05/14/25 vs Berwick	12
04/07/25 @ Berwick	12
05/29/25 vs Wilkes-Barre	10
05/07/25 @ Wyoming Valley West	10

Two teams were on the hunt for playoff glory, but only Hazleton Area walked away with it. They blew past the Wilkes-Barre Wolfpack 10-0 on Thursday. The result was nothing new for the Cougars, who have now won ten games by six runs or more so far this season.

Ryan Racho was excellent, getting on base in two of his four plate appearances with two stolen bases, two runs, and one RBI. He has been hot, having posted at least one stolen base the last seven times he's played. Bryant Diaz was another key player, going 1-for-3 with one stolen base, two RBI, and one run.

Hazleton Area is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 17-5 record this season. Those wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.2 runs on average over those games. As for Wilkes-Barre, their defeat dropped their record down to 14-9.

As of now, neither Hazleton Area nor the Wolfpack have any future games scheduled.