Baseball Recap: Hawken Extends Winning Streak to Nine

Hawks

Previous Games

05/06/25 vs West Geauga	10-0
05/05/25 @ West Geauga	11-0
05/02/25 vs South	11-0
04/29/25 vs Orange	13-3
04/28/25 @ Orange	4-0
+ 4 more games

Hawken came tearing into Tuesday's contest with eight straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 8.1 runs), and they left with even more momentum. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the West Geauga Wolverines a 10-0 shutout. The Hawks might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won eight games by ten runs or more this season.

Hawken let Ethan Gipson and Asher Kimball run wild. Gipson got on base in all four of his plate appearances with two runs, one stolen base, and two RBI, while Kimball went 2-for-3 with two runs, one triple, and one stolen base. The team also got some help courtesy of Grant Namy, who went 2-for-3 with three RBI and one run.

Hawken always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .567. That was just more of the same: they've now posted an OBP of .528 or higher in four consecutive matches.

Hawken pushed their record up to 14-3 with the victory, which was their sixth straight at home. Those home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.2 runs on average over those games. As for West Geauga, they are on a five-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 10-10.

Coming up, Hawken will square off against Wickliffe at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. As for West Geauga, they will challenge Cardinal at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday.