Baseball Recap: Fall River Has No Trouble Against Rio

Pirates

Margin (Wins)

04/17/25 vs Randolph	13
04/29/25 vs Rio	11
04/05/25 vs Williams Bay	10
04/28/25 vs Poynette	7
04/15/25 @ Randolph	6

While Fall River put up plenty of runs on Tuesday, the same can't be said for Rio. The Pirates put the hurt on the Vikings with a sharp 11-0 victory. The Pirates might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five matches by six runs or more this season.

Ethan Stai made a big impact no matter where he played. He didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only one hit while striking out eight over four innings pitched. Stai was also big at the plate, getting on base in all three of his plate appearances with two stolen bases and three runs.

In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Zach Osterhaus, who went 2-for-3 with two runs, one stolen base, and two RBI. Landon Wegener also deserves some recognition as he brought in his first RBI of the season.

Fall River was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .429. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Rio only posted a batting average of .067.

The win made it two in a row for Fall River and bumps their season record up to 7-3. The victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered a grand total of 2 run in those games. As for Rio, they are on a 24-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-7.

Fall River will have a chance to go back-to-back against the Vikings: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday.