Baseball Recap: Evart Wins Going Away Against Au Gres-Sims

Wildcats

Margin (Wins)

05/06/25 vs Houghton Lake	12
05/20/25 vs Roscommon	11
05/07/25 @ Holton	11
05/23/25 vs Au Gres-Sims	10
04/29/25 @ Lake City	10

The Evart Wildcats made easy work of the Au Gres-Sims Wolverines on Friday and carried off a 15-5 win. The Wildcats might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won ten matchups by six runs or more this season.

Brendan Magnusson was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, striking out eight batters over 4.2 innings while giving up just one earned (and four unearned) runs off six hits. Those eight strikeouts gave him a new career-high. He was also big at the plate, getting on base in two of his three plate appearances with two runs and one stolen base. He is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as he's now snagged at least one in each of the last three games he's played.

In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Aidan Anderson, who went 2-for-4 with one home run, three runs, and four RBI. That's the most runs he has posted over his last 13 contests. Another player making a difference was Lucas Johnson, who went 2-for-3 with two stolen bases, two runs, and one RBI.

Evart's victory bumped their record up to 17-8-1. As for Au Gres-Sims, they have traveled a rocky road recently, having lost three of their last four games. That's put a noticeable dent in their 3-3 record this season.

Evart will have a chance to go back-to-back against Au Gres-Sims: the pair will be back at it again later today.