Baseball Game Preview: Oak Hill Red Devils vs. Shady Spring Tigers

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Previous Games

03/23/26 - Away	3-14 L
05/09/25 - Away	17-14 W
03/20/25 - Neutral	3-7 L
04/10/24 - Home	9-7 W
03/27/24 - Away	2-4 L
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Oak Hill and Shady Spring are an even 5-5 against one another since April of 2021, but likely not for long. The Red Devils will look to defend their home field on Saturday against the Tigers at 11:00 a.m. Oak Hill has given up an average of 10.2 runs per game this season, but Saturday's game will give them a chance to turn things around.

For some reason, the away team has come away with the win the last three times Oak Hill and Nicholas County have met, but the home crowd finally got their W on Thursday. The Red Devils fell 12-8 to the Grizzlies. The Red Devils haven't had much luck with the Grizzlies recently, as the team has come up short the last seven times they've met.

Owen Grose and Landon Kilany stepped up to the plate in a big way. Grose went 3-for-4 with two RBI and one run, while Kilany went 2-for-4 with three RBI and one stolen base. That stolen base marked the first that Kilany has snagged this season. Another player making a difference was Hunter Elswick, who went 2-for-4 with two RBI and one run.

Fans were treated to a battle of the Tigers on Wednesday. Shady Spring had just enough and edged out Princeton 6-5. Shady Spring hasn't had any issues with Princeton recently, as the game was their fourth consecutive victory against them.

Sam Barnett was a major factor no matter where he played. He struck out 12 batters over five innings while giving up just one earned (and four unearned) runs off eight hits. Those 12 strikeouts gave him a new career-high. He was also big at the plate, going 2-for-4 with three RBI, two doubles, and one run.

Barnett wasn't the only one making solid contact as six players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Cutter Boggs, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with two runs.

Shady Spring's win bumped their record up to 13-5. As for Oak Hill, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-14.

Oak Hill suffered a grim 14-3 defeat to Shady Spring when the teams last played back in March. Will the Red Devils have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other baseball content.