Baseball Recap: Rich Township Finds Home Field Redemption Against Thornwood

Raptors

Margin (Wins)

04/14/25 vs Thornridge	18
04/24/25 @ Kankakee	13
04/17/25 vs Thornridge	13
04/21/25 @ Kankakee	12
04/30/25 vs Thornwood	10

There's no place like home for Rich Township, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Monday. They put the hurt on the Thornwood Thunderbirds with a sharp 11-1 victory on Wednesday. The result was nothing new for the Raptors, who have now won eight contests by six runs or more so far this season.

Jesiah Dawson made a big impact while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he struck out seven batters over five innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits (and only one walk). He also tossed a walk, which is notable because Rich Township is 2-1 when he allows at most one walk, but 6-10 otherwise. Dawson was also solid in the batter's box, going 3-for-4 with three runs and one stolen base.

Dawson wasn't the only one making solid contact as five players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Kobe Burnette, who went a perfect 3-for-3 with four RBI, two runs, and one double. Those three hits gave Burnette a new career-high.

Rich Township was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .455. They are a perfect 3-0 when they post a batting average of .375 or better.

Rich Township's record now sits at 8-11. As for Thornwood, their defeat ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 10-7.

Rich Township will have a chance to go back-to-back against the Thunderbirds: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday.