Baseball Recap: Eastern Takes Down Ranked Mckinley Tech

Ramblers

Margin (Wins)

03/20/25 @ Ballou	19
04/02/25 vs Woodson	16
03/24/25 vs Dunbar	15
03/26/25 @ Phelps Architecture, Construction & Engineering	12
04/28/25 vs McKinley Tech	11

Eastern faced McKinley Tech in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Monday. The Ramblers' pitcher stepped up to hand the Trainers an 11-0 shutout. The Ramblers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won ten games by six runs or more this season.

Not much got past William Weedon, who gave up just a hit and racked up 11 Ks to keep McKinley Tech off the board. Weedon is becoming a predictor of Eastern's success: when he allows at most two hits the team is 3-1-1 (and 8-9 when he doesn't).

At the plate, Eastern got a massive performance out of Aaron Williams, who went 2-for-3 with one home run, three RBI, and two runs. Williams has become a key player for the Ramblers: the team is 6-2-1 when he posts at least two runs, but 5-8 otherwise. Asa Roessner was another key player, going 1-for-2 with three stolen bases, two runs, and two RBI.

Eastern always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .556. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as McKinley Tech only posted an OBP of .318.

Eastern's victory was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 11-10-1. Those home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.6 runs on average over those games. As for McKinley Tech, their loss dropped their record down to 6-4.

McKinley Tech didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next contest, a 6-4 defeat against Roosevelt on the 30th. Hopefully Eastern paid attention to the Trainers' matchup: the next time they hit the field, they'll take on the Trainers at 4:00 p.m. on Friday.