Hornets fall to Athens after 2-run 6th inning
By: Ed Weaver | NTL Sports | May 7, 2021
2 runs by the Athens Wildcats in the bottom of the 6th inning propelled them to a 3-2 win over the Wellsboro Varsity Baseball team on Thursday, May 6.
"It was a tough loss but we will have to move on to our next game," head coach Steve Adams said. "We control our destiny."
Athens took an early 1-0 lead after the 1st inning but the Hornets quickly responded with runs in the 2nd and 3rd innings. The Hornets tied the game with a run in the 2nd by junior Isaac Keane, who scored when junior Dylan Abernathy was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded. Then in the 3rd Wellsboro took the lead on a solo home run by junior Darryn Callahan. The solo shot was Callahan's fifth of the season, putting him 3rd all-time in Wellsboro baseball history for home runs in a single season.
The Hornets held onto that lead until the bottom of the sixth when the Wildcats scored two runs.
Wellsboro had just 4 hits on the afternoon, one each by Callahan, sophomore Blake Hamblin, sophomore Cameron Brought, and senior Brock Hamblin. Brock Hamblin threw 6 innings in the loss, allowing 3 runs (all earned) on 7 hits with 4 strikeouts.
The loss drops the Hornets' record to 7-6 (7-4 NTL Large School Division). The Hornets are back in action at Towanda later this afternoon.
Ed Weaver is the owner of Circle W Sports in Wellsboro, PA, is the Sports Director for The Home Page Network and the creator of WellsboroAthletics.com and WellsboroFootball.com. You can follow him on Twitter or friend him on Facebook.
