Baseball Recap: Eufaula Wins Going Away Against Fort Gibson

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Margin (Wins)

03/11/25 vs Fort Gibson	8
03/10/25 @ Fort Gibson	3
04/23/24 @ Morris	2
04/23/24 @ Idabel	8

Eufaula not only won on Tuesday, but they posted their biggest win since April 23, 2024. They blew past the Fort Gibson Tigers 9-1. That's the second time they've managed to beat them this season, as they also won 6-3 last Monday.

Dawson Hughes and Hayden Robinson made a splash no matter where they played. On the mound, Hughes pitched three innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits. Meanwhile, Robinson tossed four innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits. What's more, he gave up only two walks, the fewest he's had since back in April of 2024. At the plate, Hughes scored three runs and stole Four bases. while going 3-for-3, while Robinson scored a run and stole Two bases. while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. That's the most stolen bases Robinson has posted since back in April of 2024.

In other batting news, Luke Hodgins was incredible, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 3-for-4. That's the most runs he has posted since back in April of 2024. The team also got some help courtesy of Colton Lane, who scored two runs and stole Two bases.

Eufaula 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 Fort Gibson only posted a batting average of .174.

The victory made it two in a row for Eufaula and bumps their season record up to 2-3. A key ingredient in that success has been their performance when it comes to hits: they averaged an imposing ten hits in those games compared to only 3.67 in the others. As for Fort Gibson, they dropped their record down to 0-6 with the defeat, which was their eighth straight on the road dating back to last season.

Coming up, Eufaula will be playing at home against Haskell at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. As for Fort Gibson, they will venture away from home to challenge Muldrow at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Muldrow has struggled to contain batters this season (they've allowed 10.8 runs per game on average), something Fort Gibson will no doubt try to take advantage of.