Baseball Recap: Athenian Turns Things Around After Road Loss

Owls

Margin (Wins)

02/28/25 vs Drew	22
02/26/25 vs Bentley	17
04/17/25 vs Bentley	16
03/04/25 vs International	16
03/03/25 vs Cornerstone Christian	16

There's no place like home for Athenian, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Wednesday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Bentley Phoenix a 16-0 shutout on Thursday. The Owls might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won six matches by 14 runs or more this season.

Athenian's victory bumped their record up to 8-6. As for Bentley, they dropped their record down to 0-7 with the loss, which was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season.

Coming up, Athenian will take on College Prep at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. The Owls' pitchers better be ready for this one: the Cougars have averaged an impressive 7 runs per game this season. As for Bentley, they will square off against Valley Christian at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The Vikings have struggled to contain batters this season (they've allowed 8.45 runs per game on average), something the Phoenix will no doubt try to take advantage of.