Baseball Recap: Winfield Takes Down Ranked Point Pleasant

Winfield faced Point Pleasant in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Wednesday. The Generals blew past the Big Blacks 9-2. Considering the Generals have won five games by more than five runs this season, Wednesday's blowout was nothing new.

Blake Withrow

Runs Batted In (Career)

04/16/25 vs Point Pleasant	3
03/27/25 vs Lincoln County	2
04/11/25 vs Huntington	1
03/28/25 vs Logan	1
03/25/25 vs Hoover	1

Blake Withrow made a big impact while hitting and pitching. He struck out six batters over seven innings while giving up just two earned runs off seven hits (and not a single walk). He has been consistent : he hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts in five consecutive appearances. He was also big at the plate, getting on base in three of his four plate appearances with three RBI. Those three RBI gave him a new career-high.

In other batting news, Owen Taylor was excellent, scoring three runs and stealing a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. Those three runs gave him a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Preston Keiffer, who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.

The win made it two in a row for Winfield and bumps their season record up to 13-3. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered a grand total of 6 runs in those games. As for Point Pleasant, their loss was their fourth straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 8-5.

Coming up, Winfield will challenge Ripley at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (the Generals 4, the Vikings 3.4) so any runs scored will be well earned. As for Point Pleasant, they will square off against Fort Frye at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. The Cadets' pitching crew has only allowed 3.6 runs per game this season, so the Big Blacks' hitters will have their work cut out for them.