Baseball Recap: River Ridge Takes Down Wesley Chapel in a Playoff Battle

Royal Knights

Margin (Wins)

02/11/25 vs Fivay	20
04/02/25 vs Gulf	14
05/08/25 @ Wesley Chapel	11
04/14/25 vs Zephyrhills	10
04/04/25 @ Wesley Chapel	10

Two teams were on the hunt for playoff glory, but only River Ridge walked away with it. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Wesley Chapel Wildcats an 11-0 shutout on Thursday. The result was nothing new for the Royal Knights, who have now won nine matches by six runs or more so far this season.

Not much got past Hagen Conner, who gave up just five hits to keep Wesley Chapel off the board. Conner has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two walks in seven consecutive appearances.

At the plate, River Ridge got a big performance out of Miles Coller, who went 2-for-4 with two doubles and two RBI. That's the most RBI Coller has posted since back in March. Tommy DeLoreto was another key player, going 1-for-4 with three runs and one stolen base.

They weren't the only ones making solid contact: River Ridge kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 11 hits. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Wesley Chapel only managed five hits.

River Ridge has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six games. That's provided a nice bump to their 18-9 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.7 runs on average over those games. As for Wesley Chapel, their defeat ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 17-14.

River Ridge will have a chance to go back-to-back against the Wildcats: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday.