After having lost a blowout in their previous game against New Lima, Olive was happy to have turned things around on Monday. They never let the Prue Rockets get on the board and left with a 12-0 victory. The win continues a trend for the Wildcats in their matchups with the Rockets: they've now won eight in a row.
Gavin Nickell made a splash while hitting and pitching. He struck out seven batters over three innings while giving up no earned runs off three hits (and only one walk). Nickell was even better at the plate, going 2-for-3 with six RBI, two triples, and two runs. Those triples marked the first that he hit this season.
Jason Sparks
| 03/10/25 vs Prue | 2 |
| 03/06/25 @ New Lima | 0 |
| 03/03/25 @ Yale | 1 |
| 03/25/24 vs Prue | 3 |
In other batting news, Jason Sparks and Bryer Maxville did most of the damage at the plate: Sparks scored two runs and stole Three bases. while going 1-for-1, while Maxville scored a run and stole Two bases. while going 2-for-3. That's the most runs Sparks has posted since back in March of 2024. The team also got some help courtesy of Dustyn Bruce, who scored three runs and stole a base while going 1-for-2.
Olive was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .529. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .333 or higher in three consecutive contests.
Olive's victory bumped their record up to 2-5.
Olive has already played their next matchup (against Depew), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Prue does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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