Baseball Recap: Chatham Charter Knights vs. River Mill Jaguars
Chatham Charter put the finishing touches on their 16th blowout victory of the season on Thursday. Everything went their way against the River Mill Jaguars as the Chatham Charter Knights made off with a 21-1 win. While fans of Chatham Charter might be used to big wins, the 20-run margin marked the team's biggest one yet.
Brandon Rives made a big impact while hitting and pitching. He struck out eight batters over four innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits (and only one walk). Rives has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in four consecutive pitching appearances. Rives was also stellar in the batter's box, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 2-for-3.
In other batting news, Westin Phillips was a standout: he got on base in all five of his plate appearances with three stolen bases, four runs, and five RBI. Another player making a difference was Tyner Williams, who scored four runs and stole a base while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances.
On River Mill's side, they saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Aydan Smith, who went 1-for-3 with an RBI.
Chatham Charter has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 17-5 record this season. As for River Mill, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 8-10.
Chatham Charter does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for River Mill, they will look to defend their home field on Monday against Ascend Leadership at 4:00 p.m.
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