Baseball Recap: Lukas Duncan leads a balanced attack to beat Jeannette

By Team Reports May 2, 2024, 9:27am

Baseball Recap: Riverview Raiders vs. Jeannette Jayhawks

Riverview stacked a seventh blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Wednesday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Jeannette Jayhawks a 17-0 shutout. Riverview's hitters stepped up their game for this one, as that was the most runs they've scored all season.

Riverview got a massive performance out of Lukas Duncan, who scored three runs and stole a base while going 3-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Rece Stempfer, who went 2-for-3 with a home run and five RBI.

On Jeannette's side, they saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Nick Rattigan, who scored a run while going 2-for-2.

Riverview has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 12-3 record this season. As for Jeannette, they are on a six-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 6-7.

Riverview will head out on the road to challenge Ellwood City at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with Riverview sitting on five straight victories and Ellwood City on three. As for Jeannette, they will be playing at home against Valley at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Valley's pitching crew has only allowed 2.7 runs per game this season, so Jeannette's hitters will have their work cut out for them.

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