Baseball Recap: Athens Makes It Four in a Row at Home

Wildcats

Margin (Wins)

03/27/25 @ Wyalusing Valley	15
04/09/25 vs Williamson	12
04/19/25 vs Edison	10
03/24/25 vs Troy	10
04/13/25 vs Towanda	7

Athens never let their opponents score on Saturday. Everything went their way against the Edison Spartans as they made off with a 10-0 win. Considering the Wildcats have won seven matches by more than five runs this season, Saturday's blowout was nothing new.

Nick Grazul made a splash while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run while striking out eight over five innings pitched. Grazul was also solid in the batter's box, getting on base in three of his four plate appearances with three runs and one stolen base. Those three runs gave him a new career-high.

In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Eli Hobday, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with two stolen bases, two runs, and one double. Brady Flynn was another key player, going a perfect 2-for-2 with two runs, one stolen base, and one double.

Athens was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .381. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .308 or higher in three consecutive contests.

Athens pushed their record up to 9-1 with the victory, which was their fourth straight at home. Those home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.3 runs on average over those games. As for Edison, their loss ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 6-3.

Athens and Edison should be looking forward to their upcoming games as both have a sizable advantage in their respective state rankings. The Wildcats will face off against Troy at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday with a big rank advantage (28 vs. 120). Meanwhile, Edison (ranked 59th) will meet Whitney Point (ranked 234th) at 4:45 p.m. on Monday.