Baseball Recap: Marathon Beats Newman for Their Seventh Straight Win

Red Raiders

Previous Games

05/13/25 vs Newman	26-2
05/09/25 @ Greenwood	13-0
05/08/25 @ Auburndale	6-5
05/06/25 vs Auburndale	3-1
05/02/25 vs Athens	10-1
+ 2 more games

Marathon waltzed into their matchup on Tuesday with six straight wins... but they left with seven. They were the clear victors by a 26-2 margin over the Newman Fighting Cardinals. The Red Raiders' hitters stepped up their game for this one, as that was the most runs they've scored all season.

Marathon pushed their record up to 12-4 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home. Those home victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 13.0 runs over those games. As for Newman, they are on an 11-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 0-11.

Marathon will have a chance to go back-to-back against the Fighting Cardinals: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 4:45 p.m. on Thursday.