Baseball Recap: Rickards Raiders vs. FAMU DRS Baby Rattlers
Rickards won the last time they faced FAMU DRS, and things went their way on Monday too. The Rickards Raiders walked away with a 7-3 victory over the FAMU DRS Baby Rattlers. The win made it back-to-back victories for Rickards.
Jayden Jones was excellent, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Carlos Rolle, who went 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI.
On FAMU DRS's side, they saw seven different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Kyland Keaton, who went 2-for-4 with two doubles and an RBI.
Even though they lost, FAMU DRS was hitting in the alleys and finished the game with five doubles. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Rickards only hit a.
Rickards is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 5-11 record this season. As for FAMU DRS, their loss was their third straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 6-7.
Rickards will play host again on Tuesday to welcome Rutherford, where first pitch is scheduled at 6:00 p.m. Rickards has given up an average of 9.1 runs per game this season, so hopefully the team got some pitching drills in this week. As for FAMU DRS, they will look to defend their home field on Friday against Jefferson County at 5:00 p.m. Jefferson County has struggled to contain batters this season (they've allowed 11.74 runs per game on average), something FAMU DRS will no doubt try to take advantage of.
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