Baseball Recap: Jayden Hamon leads a balanced attack to beat Meadow Bridge

By Team Reports May 1, 2024, 4:32am

Baseball Recap: Richwood Lumberjacks vs. Meadow Bridge Wildcats

Richwood scored the most runs they've had all season to find success on Tuesday. They never let the Meadow Bridge Wildcats onto the board and left with a 24-0 victory. With that win, Richwood brought their scoring average up to 6.4 runs per game.

Dakota Sizemore made a big impact while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit while striking out seven over four innings pitched. Sizemore was even better at the plate, going 3-for-4 with a home run, six stolen bases, and four runs. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last ten times he's played.

In other batting news, Jayden Hamon was a standout: he scored four runs and stole five bases while going 4-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Brock Ward, who scored three runs and stole four bases while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances.

The victory made it two in a row for Richwood and bumps their season record up to 6-12. As for Meadow Bridge, they haven't won a game yet this season and fell to 0-14.

Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Richwood will challenge Montcalm at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Montcalm is on a three-game streak of home losses, Richwood a three-game streak of away losses, but someone's luck is about to change. As for Meadow Bridge, they are on the road again on Thursday to play Sherman at 6:00 p.m. Meadow Bridge is facing Sherman at the right time seeing as Sherman is stuck on a three-game losing streak.

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