The Rickover Naval Seadragons will head out on the road to challenge the Prosser Falcons at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, these teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Rickover Naval made up a huge gap compared to their last game against Schurz, but they still couldn't quite topple them. The Seadragons put the hurt on the Bulldogs with a sharp 19-4 victory on Tuesday. The Seadragons' hitters stepped up their game for this one, as that was the most runs they've scored all season.
Meanwhile, Prosser had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 14 runs) and they went ahead and made it four on Tuesday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Hornets an 18-0 shutout. Considering the Falcons have won five matches by more than nine runs this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
Julius Rivera was a major factor no matter where he played. He looked comfortable on the mound, pitching two innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits. He has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in three consecutive appearances. He was also stellar in the batter's box, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-3. He is becoming a predictor of Prosser's success: when he posts at least two runs the team is undefeated (and 0-3 when he doesn't).
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Jeremy Del Rio, who went a perfect 3-for-3 with three stolen bases, three runs, and four RBI. Prosser is undefeated when Del Rio posts two or more runs, but 1-3 otherwise. The team also got some help courtesy of Jayden McDonald, who scored three runs and stole a base while going 2-for-2.
Prosser was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .647. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their batting average total in three consecutive contests.
Prosser's record is now 5-3. As for Rickover Naval, the win got them back to even at 2-2.
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