Baseball Recap: Symmes Valley Vikings vs. River Valley Raiders
Symmes Valley stacked an eighth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Wednesday. Everything went their way against the River Valley Raiders as the Symmes Valley Vikings made off with a 9-3 victory. The win was familiar territory for Symmes Valley who now have three in a row.
Mason Stevenson made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits over five innings pitched. Stevenson has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in three consecutive pitching appearances. Stevenson was also solid in the batter's box, scoring two runs while going 2-for-2.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Luke Niece, who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Aydan Taylor, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-4.
Symmes Valley's victory was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 12-6. As for River Valley, their loss dropped their record down to 4-9.
Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Symmes Valley will challenge Rock Hill at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. Symmes Valley is facing Rock Hill at the right time seeing as Rock Hill is stuck on a seven-game losing streak. As for River Valley, they will head out on the road to square off against South Gallia at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday.
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