Baseball Recap: Buffalo Drops Highest Score of Season Against Poca

Bison

Team Score (Highest)

04/30/25 @ Poca	20
04/19/25 vs Teays Valley Christian	19
04/23/25 @ Chapmanville Regional	12
04/21/25 vs Ravenswood	12
04/11/25 vs Hannan	12

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Buffalo). Everything went their way against the Poca Dots on Wednesday as they made off with a 20-3 win. With that victory, the Bison brought their scoring average up to 6.5 runs per game.

Hunter Rutan and Evan Panaro did most of the damage at the plate: Rutan went 2-for-5 with two stolen bases, four RBI, and two runs, while Panaro went a perfect 3-for-3 with two stolen bases, three runs, and two RBI. Those four RBI gave Rutan a new career-high. Nate Gillispie was another key player, going 1-for-2 with two stolen bases, three runs, and two RBI.

Buffalo always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .585. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Poca only posted an OBP of .364.

Buffalo has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 games. That's provided a nice bump to their 13-8 record this season. Those wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.4 runs on average over those games. As for Poca, they are on a five-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 4-18.

Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Buffalo will challenge St. Albans at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. As for Poca, they will head out to challenge Webster County at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. The Dots' pitchers better be ready for this one: the Highlanders have averaged an impressive 6.6 runs per game this season.