Baseball Game Preview: Reading Red KNights vs. Twin Valley Raiders

Reading hasn't had much luck against Twin Valley recently, but that could start to change on Wednesday. Reading will venture away from home to challenge Twin Valley at 4:00 p.m. Reading is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7 runs per game this season.

Reading was handed a heart-breaking two-run defeat in their last game, but they sure didn't let that happen against Harrisburg on Monday. Reading put the hurt on Harrisburg with a sharp 14-1 win. The Red KNights haven't had any issues with the Cougars recently, as the game was their third consecutive victory against them.

David Garcia

Runs (Career)

03/24/25 @ Harrisburg	2
03/15/25 vs William Penn	1
05/04/24 vs William Penn	1
04/20/24 vs Pottstown	1
04/17/24 vs Twin Valley	1

David Garcia and Eidan Vasquez Almonte made a big impact no matter where they played. Throwing, Garcia struck out eight batters over five innings while giving up just one earned run off four hits. Meanwhile, Vasquez Almonte tossed one inning while giving up no earned runs or hits. At the plate, Garcia scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances, while Vasquez Almonte got on base in all three of his plate appearances with two stolen bases. Those two runs gave Garcia a new career-high.

In other batting news, Frandy Ruiz and Janser Paredes did most of the damage at the plate: Ruiz scored three runs and stole a base while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances, while Paredes scored two runs and stole a base while going 3-for-5. Ruiz is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as he's now snagged at least one in each of the last three games he's played. John Urena also deserves some recognition as he snagged his first stolen base of the season.

Reading always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .590. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Harrisburg only posted an OBP of .407.

Meanwhile, Twin Valley didn't have quite enough to beat Ephrata on Monday and fell 5-4. The Raiders haven't had much luck with the Mountaineers recently, as the team has come up short the last four times they've met.

Twin Valley saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Grant Moser, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-2.

Twin Valley's loss dropped their record down to 1-1. As for Reading, the win got them back to even at 2-2.