Baseball Recap: Hawthorne Drops Season-High Score on Eastside

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Hawthorne). They were the clear victor by a 20-5 margin over the Eastside Rams on Wednesday. With that victory, the Hornets brought their scoring average up to 6.9 runs per game.

The team relied heavily on Ethan Thomas, who scored three runs and stole a base while going 3-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Branson Byrd, who scored three runs and stole Two bases. while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances.

Hornets

On Base Percentage

03/12/25 vs Eastside	76.5%
03/11/25 vs Bronson	51.5%
03/07/25 vs Oak Hall	51.9%
03/06/25 @ Peniel Baptist Academy	61.2%
03/03/25 @ Bronson	29.2%
+ 12 more games

Hawthorne always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .765. The last time their OBP was this high was back in March of 2024.

Hawthorne is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 6-5 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.7 runs on average over those games. Eastside's loss was their 12th straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 0-11.

Coming up, Hawthorne will challenge Saint Francis Catholic at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Hawthorne is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.9 runs per game this season. As for Eastside, they wasted no time getting back out on the field and have already played their next game, a 15-2 defeat against West Port on the 13th.