Baseball Game Preview: Everett Warriors vs. Meyersdale Red Raiders

By Team Reports Apr 22, 2025, 2:24am

Baseball Preview: Everett Warriors vs. Meyersdale Red Raiders

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The Everett Warriors will face off against the Meyersdale Red Raiders at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.

Everett's pitching crew heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Wednesday. They put the hurt on Forbes Road with a sharp 10-0 victory. The Warriors haven't had any issues with Forbes Road recently, as the game was their third consecutive win against them.

Owen Whitfield

Batters Struck Out (Career)

04/16/25 vs Forbes Road7
03/31/25 vs Berlin Brothersvalley5
04/03/25 @ Fannett Metal4
03/28/25 @ Bedford2
03/18/25 @ Tussey Mountain2

Owen Whitfield made a big impact while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he didn't allow a single earned run while striking out seven over five innings pitched. Those seven strikeouts gave him a new career-high. He was also solid in the batter's box, going 2-for-3 with two RBI and one run. That run marked the first that he has scored this season.

In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Lane Whitfield, who went 2-for-3 with four RBI and one run. Chase Sherwood was another key player, going 1-for-3 with two runs, one double, and one RBI.

Everett always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .517. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Forbes Road only posted an OBP of .316.

Meanwhile, Meyersdale had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 7.5 runs) and they went ahead and made it three on Friday. They walked away with a 5-0 victory over the Rams.

Like Everett, Meyersdale also got a great game from a two-way player: Dylan Teets. He didn't allow a single earned run over seven innings pitched. Teets was also big at the plate, earning two RBI and one run.

Teets wasn't the only one making solid contact as five players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Cole Yoder, who went 3-for-4 with one run.

Meyersdale's win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 5-5. The road victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 7.3 runs over those games. As for Everett, their win was their first in the conference, bumping their conference record up to 1-4 and their overall record up to 4-6.

Everett came out on top in a nail-biter against Meyersdale in their previous matchup back in May of 2024, sneaking past 3-2. Do the Warriors have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Red Raiders turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.

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