Baseball Recap: Montrose Has No Trouble Against Forest City

Meteors

Margin (Wins)

03/27/25 @ Tunkhannock	18
04/25/25 @ Forest City	11
04/04/25 @ Blue Ridge	10
04/22/25 @ Carbondale Area	9
04/03/25 vs Forest City	7

Montrose won the last time they faced Forest City and things went their way on Friday too. The Meteors put the hurt on the Foresters with a sharp 15-4 victory. The result was nothing new for the Meteors, who have now won five games by seven runs or more so far this season.

Hudson Aukema made a big impact while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he tossed three innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. He has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't given up more than two hits in four consecutive appearances. He was also solid in the batter's box, going 1-for-5 with two stolen bases, two runs, and one RBI. He has become a key player for Montrose: the team is undefeated when he posts at least two runs, but 3-5 otherwise.

In other batting news, Christopher McGee and Chase Harman did most of the damage at the plate: McGee went a perfect 3-for-3 with three stolen bases, three runs, and two RBI, while Harman got on base in all four of his plate appearances with two stolen bases, four RBI, and one run. Those four RBI gave Harman a new career-high. Lukas Cokely was another key player, going 2-for-4 with four runs, one stolen base, and two RBI.

Montrose was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .393. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Forest City only posted a batting average of .263.

Montrose now has a winning record of 6-5. As for Forest City, they dropped their record down to 1-6 with the defeat, which was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season.

We've got plenty of inter-conference action coming up soon. Montrose will face off against rival Blue Ridge at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. Meanwhile, Forest City is set to challenge their familiar foe Carbondale Area at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday.