The Athens Warriors will head out on the road to face off against the Rochester Rockets at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Athens is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.9 runs per game this season.
Athens' pitching crew heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. They came out on top against Jacksonville by a score of 4-0.
Not much got past MacKenzie Ratliff 2026, who gave up just three hits and racked up six Ks to keep Jacksonville off the board.
At the plate, Kenzie Szoke 2026 was incredible, going 2-for-3 with one home run, three runs, and one double.
For whatever reason, it's the away team that's had the advantage when Rochester and Lincoln meet (four straight games heading into this one) and that held true again on Friday. The Rockets sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 7-5 victory over the Railsplitters.
Rochester has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 14-3 record this season. Those wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.0 runs on average over those games. As for Athens, their victory ended a four-game drought at home and bumped them up to 9-10.
Athens came up short against Rochester in their previous matchup back in April of 2023, falling 5-2. Can the Warriors avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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