Baseball Recap: River Mill Jaguars vs. Chatham Charter Knights
River Mill lost against Chatham Charter on April 9th, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Thursday. The River Mill Jaguars' rough 21-1 defeat to the Chatham Charter Knights might stick with them for a while. River Mill has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
River Mill saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Aydan Smith, who went 1-for-3 with an RBI.
On Chatham Charter's side, Brandon Rives made a splash while hitting and pitching. He struck out eight batters over four innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits (and only one walk). Rives has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in four consecutive pitching appearances. Rives was also big at the plate, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 2-for-3.
In other batting news, Westin Phillips was a standout: he got on base in all five of his plate appearances with three stolen bases, four runs, and five RBI. Aidan Allred was another key contributor, going 4-for-5 with three runs, a triple, and two RBI.
River Mill's loss dropped their record down to 8-10. As for Chatham Charter, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 17-5 record this season.
River Mill will look to defend their home field on Monday against Ascend Leadership at 4:00 p.m. Chatham Charter does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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