ATHENS HOLDS OFF WYALUSING, 9-5
By: Tim Birney | AthensWildcats.com | May 12, 2021 | Photo courtesy Christina Kreykenbohm
ATHENS — Athens jumped ahead 7-0 early, but needed four scoreless
innings of relief from sophomore Cam Sullivan to hold off Wyalusing in a
9-5 win here Wednesday afternoon in NTL Large School Division baseball
action.
Sophomore Mason Lister led off the bottom of the second inning with his first varsity home run to give the Wildcats a 1-0 lead.
With
one out in the second, sophomore Jaren Glisson worked a six-pitch walk,
and Kaden Setzer singled. With two outs, Glisson scored on a passed
ball, and Setzer scored one an error to make it 3-0. After a walk to
junior Karter Rude, sophomore Cade Nichols stroked a two-run single to
give the Wildcats a 5-0 lead.
In the third inning, Kyler Setzer ripped a two-RBI single to extend the Athens lead to 7-0.
The
Rams plated five runs in the fourth inning to trim the deficit to 7-5,
but Athens answered with two runs in the fifth inning to provide the
final margin. Kaden Setzer and Carson Smith provided the RBI hits.
Lister
started for the Wildcats, allowing five runs — four earned Ø on four
hits in three innings. He struck out three and walked three.
Sullivan earned the win, allowing two hits over four innings, with seven strikeouts and two walks.
Kyler
Setzer singled twice, scored one run, and drove in two runs, while
Kaden Setzer singled twice, scored two runs, and knocked in one run, and
Lister homered and singled, scored once, and drove in one run to pace
Athens’ 10-hit attack.
Nichols singled and drove in two runs in
the win, while Glisson singled and scored three runs, Smith singled and
knocked in a run, Sullivan added a single, and sophomore Gage Warner and
Rude each scored a run.
Athens, now 10-7, travels to Corning Thursday.
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