Baseball Game Preview: Athens Wildcats vs. Towanda Black Knights

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Previous Games

05/02/24 - Away	12-4 W
04/19/24 - Home	6-3 W
05/02/23 - Away	12-2 W
04/03/23 - Home	7-2 W
04/27/22 - Home	14-12 W
+ 5 more games

Athens is 8-2 against Towanda since May of 2018 and they'll have a chance to extend that dominance on Sunday. The Wildcats will face off against the Black Knights at 4:00 p.m. Athens will come into the match with an undefeated record on the line.

Athens' pitching crew heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Wednesday. They blew past Williamson 12-0. The Wildcats might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five contests by six runs or more this season.

Duncan Thetga looked comfortable as he pitched one inning while giving up no earned runs or hits.

On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Eli Hobday, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-2. Another player making a difference was Brady Flynn, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-2.

Meanwhile, Friday just wasn't the day for Towanda's offense. They lost 12-0 to Troy on Friday. The Black Knights haven't had much luck with the Trojans recently, as the team has come up short the last seven times they've met.

Athens pushed their record up to 6-0 with the win, which was their third straight at home. The home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.7 runs on average over those games. As for Towanda, their defeat was their first in the conference, dropping their conference record down to 2-1 and their overall record down to 3-3.

Towanda's pitching crew has a crucial task ahead of them: Athens hasn't had any issues making contact this season, having earned a batting average of .359. It's a different story for Towanda, though, as they've only averaged .235. Will they be able to contain Athens' hitters?

Everything went Athens' way against Towanda in their previous matchup back in May of 2024, as Athens made off with a 12-4 win. Will the Wildcats repeat their success, or do the Black Knights have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.