The third road contest was the charm for Richmond, as they earned their first road win of the season. They walked away with a 6-1 win over the Wapahani Raiders on Friday. That result was just more of the same for these two, as Richmond also won the last time the pair played back in April of 2019.
Zander Juday was a major factor no matter where he played. He looked comfortable on the mound, tossing five innings while giving up just one earned run off four hits. Juday was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 2-for-3.
Juday wasn't the only one making solid contact as four players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Trey Pipenger, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
On Wapahani's side, they saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Kamden Gibson, who scored a run while going 1-for-2.
Even though they lost, Wapahani didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with nine strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Richmond only tossed three.
Richmond made their fans wait, but they earned their first win of the season to make their record 1-2.
Richmond will look to defend their home field on Thursday against Yorktown at 6:00 p.m. As for Wapahani, they will challenge Homestead at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday.
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