Baseball Recap: Hayes Has No Trouble Against River Valley

Pacers

Margin (Wins)

04/13/26 @ Westerville North	14
04/09/26 vs Briggs	11
05/02/26 @ River Valley	10
04/06/26 vs Big Walnut	10
04/04/26 @ North Jackson	10

Hayes barely beat River Valley the last time the pair played, but that sure wasn't the case this time around. The Pacers put the hurt on the Vikings with a sharp 11-1 victory on Saturday. Considering the Pacers have won seven games by more than five runs this season, Saturday's blowout was nothing new.

The win made it two in a row for Hayes and bumps their season record up to 13-5. The victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered a grand total of 2 run in those games. As for River Valley, their loss was their sixth straight at home, which dropped their record down to 3-10.

Coming up, Hayes will venture away from home to square off against Westland at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. The Cougars have struggled to contain batters this season (they've allowed 11.11 runs per game on average), something the Pacers will no doubt try to take advantage of. As for River Valley, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Clear Fork at 5:15 p.m. on Monday.