Baseball Recap: Wheatland Has No Trouble Against Ripon

Pirates

Margin (Wins)

04/05/25 @ Foothill	34
03/29/25 @ Oroville	12
05/06/25 vs Ripon	8
03/21/25 vs Center	8
02/28/25 @ East Nicolaus	8

It's playoff time, and Wheatland had no trouble coming through when it counted. They put the hurt on the Ripon Indians with a sharp 11-3 win on Tuesday. The result was nothing new for the Pirates, who have now won eight games by six runs or more so far this season.

Wheatland let Kale Nakamura and Adrian Villar run wild. Nakamura got on base in all four of his plate appearances with three RBI and two runs, while Villar went 3-for-4 with two doubles, two RBI, and one run. That's the most runs Nakamura has posted since back in April. Cole Rohleder was another key player, getting on base in three of his four plate appearances with one run and one RBI.

Wheatland was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .444. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Ripon only posted a batting average of .308.

The victory made it two in a row for Wheatland and bumps their season record up to 16-8-1. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered a grand total of 5 runs in those games. As for Ripon, they dropped their record down to 10-14 with the defeat, which was their third straight on the road.

Looking ahead, Wheatland will take on Hilmar at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (the Pirates 4, the Yellowjackets 2.7) so any runs scored will be well earned. Ripon does not have any more games scheduled as of now.