Baseball Recap: Chichester has no trouble against Penn Wood

By Team Reports Apr 18, 2024, 9:53pm

Baseball Recap: Chichester Eagles vs. Penn Wood Patriots

In what's become a running theme this season, Chichester gave their fans yet another huge victory on Thursday. They put the hurt on the Penn Wood Patriots with a sharp 19-3 win. That's more bragging rights for Chichester, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.

Matt Johanson made a splash while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, tossing an inning while giving up no earned runs or hits. Johanson was also solid in the batter's box, scoring three runs while getting on base in two of his three plate appearances.

In other batting news, Chichester got a massive performance out of Josh Claycomb, who scored three runs and stole a base while going 1-for-3. Another player making a difference was Cole Sanford, who scored three runs and stole two bases while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances.

Chichester is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a massive bump to their 5-4-1 record this season. As for Penn Wood, they haven't won a game yet this season and fell to 0-7.

Chichester will be playing at home against Interboro at 3:45 p.m. on Monday. As for Penn Wood, they will head out on the road to challenge MAST Charter II at 3:15 p.m. on Friday. MAST Charter II's pitching crew has only allowed 1.9 runs per game this season, so Penn Wood's hitters will have their work cut out for them.

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