Baseball Game Preview: Athens Warriors vs. West Central co-op [Winchester-Bluffs] Cougars

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Previous 4 Games

03/20/24 - Home	8-7 W
05/14/21 - Away	14-4 W
03/20/19 - Away	13-3 W
03/21/18 - Home	17-1 W

Athens has gone a perfect 4-0 against West Central co-op [Winchester-Bluffs] recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Wednesday. Athens is taking a road trip to take on West Central co-op [Winchester-Bluffs] at 4:30 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.

Things were looking good for Athens after they put the first points on the board on Monday, but unfortunately for them things went downhill from there. They fell just short of Pawnee by a score of 5-4.

Cody Tobias was huge no matter where he played even without the win. On the mound, he tossed 2.1 innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. Tobias was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run and stealing a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.

Tobias wasn't the only one making solid contact as four players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Davis Ishmael, who went 2-for-4 with two RBI.

Meanwhile, West Central co-op [Winchester-Bluffs] suffered their biggest loss since May 6, 2024 on Friday. They lost 12-4 to Liberty. The loss put an end to the Cougars' undefeated start to the season.

Having lost for the first time this season, West Central co-op [Winchester-Bluffs] fell to 2-1. As for Athens, their record is now 1-1.

Athens skirted past West Central co-op [Winchester-Bluffs] 8-7 when the teams last played back in March of 2024. The rematch might be a little tougher for Athens since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.