Forest Hills put the finishing touches on their eighth blowout victory of the season on Thursday. They put the hurt on the Chestnut Ridge Lions with a sharp 8-1 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Forest Hills.
Gage Ruddek was a major factor while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he pitched seven innings while giving up just one earned run off five hits. Ruddek was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run while going 3-for-3.
In other batting news, Nate Cornell and Bryce Roberts did most of the damage at the plate: Cornell scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3, while Roberts scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-4.
On Chestnut Ridge's side, Kaden Emerick was cooking despite his team's loss, going 2-for-3 with a home run and two runs. Another player making a difference was Chase Collier, who went 3-for-4 with two RBI.
Forest Hills has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 12-4 record this season. As for Chestnut Ridge, their defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 6-8.
Forest Hills will have a chance to go back-to-back against Chestnut Ridge: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 4:30 p.m. on Monday.
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