Baseball Game Preview: River Mill Jaguars vs. Leadership Academy Falcons

The River Mill Jaguars will look to take advantage of their home field for the first time this season as they take on the Leadership Academy Falcons at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Leadership Academy took a loss in their last contest and will be looking to turn the tables on River Mill, who comes in off a win.

River Mill is coming home in high spirits after they had to open their season on the road against Triangle Math & Science. River Mill came out on top against Triangle Math & Science by a score of 6-1 on Tuesday.

Aydan Smith

Batters Struck Out

03/04/25 @ Triangle Math & Science	9
04/30/24 @ Clover Garden School	1
04/25/24 vs Chatham Charter	1
04/16/24 vs Clover Garden School	5
04/09/24 @ Chatham Charter	3
+ 2 more games

Aydan Smith made a splash no matter where he played. On the mound, he struck out nine batters over seven innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits. That's the most strikeouts he has posted since back in March of 2024. He was also big at the plate, scoring a run while going 3-for-4.

In other batting news, Owen Parrish was excellent, scoring two runs and stealing Three bases. while going 1-for-2.

Meanwhile, Leadership Academy came up short against Morehead on Saturday, falling 14-1.