Preview: Richwood Lumberjacks vs. Paden City Wildcats
After two games on the road, Richwood is heading back home. They will take on the Paden City Wildcats at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Richwood will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each matchup than the last.
Richwood scored the most runs they've had all season to find success on Monday. Everything went their way against Webster County as Richwood made off with a 20-4 victory. With that win, Richwood brought their scoring average up to 7.3 runs per game.
Trae Trivolette was a major factor no matter where he played. He struck out 16 batters over 6.1 innings while giving up just one earned (and three unearned) runs off five hits (and only one walk). Trivolette was also stellar in the batter's box, scoring three runs and stealing three bases while getting on base in four of his six plate appearances.
In other batting news, Dakota Sizemore and Jaden Jantuah did most of the damage at the plate: Sizemore scored six runs and stole four bases while going 5-for-5, while Jantuah got on base in five of his six plate appearances with three stolen bases, five RBI, and three runs. Sizemore has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last five times he's played. Another player making a difference was Jayden Hamon, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-4.
Meanwhile, Paden City was not able to break out of their rough patch on Saturday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They fell 7-2 to Trinity Christian.
Richwood's victory ended a four-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 2-4. As for Paden City, their loss dropped their record down to 1-3.
Richwood suffered a grim 10-1 defeat to Paden City when the teams last played back in April of 2023. Can Richwood avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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