Baseball Recap: Akron Wins Going Away Against Holyoke

Rams

Margin (Wins)

03/28/26 vs Sierra Grande	16
04/21/26 @ Holyoke	10
04/10/26 vs Caliche	10
03/26/26 vs Yuma	10
03/21/26 vs Simla	10

After having lost a blowout in their previous game against Haxtun, Akron was happy to have turned things around on Tuesday. Everything went their way against the Holyoke Dragons as they made off with a 12-2 victory. The Rams might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won six matchups by nine runs or more this season.

Kolten Randel and Zach Bowin made a big impact while hitting and pitching. On the mound, Randel pitched two innings while giving up just one earned run off one hit. Meanwhile, Bowin kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out seven over four innings pitched. Those seven strikeouts gave him a new career-high. At bat, Randel went 4-for-5 with four stolen bases, four RBI, and two runs, while Bowin went 1-for-4 with two RBI and one run. With that strong performance, Randel is now averaging an impressive 1.1 stolen bases per game.

In other batting news, Jax Kusel was a standout: he went 3-for-4 with two stolen bases, two runs, and one triple. The team also got some help courtesy of Nolan Camacho, who went 3-for-4 with one home run and two runs.

Akron always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .525. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Holyoke only posted an OBP of .333.

Akron has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 10-4 record this season. As for Holyoke, their defeat was their eighth straight at home, which dropped their record down to 1-14.

Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Akron will challenge Limon at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. As for Holyoke, they will take on Yuma at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday.