River Mill is 0-10 against Chatham Charter since May of 2021 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The River Mill Jaguars will be playing at home against the Chatham Charter Knights at 4:00 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
River Mill is probably headed into the matchup with a chip on their shoulder considering Triangle Math & Science just ended the team's three-game winning streak on Tuesday. They fell victim to a rough 14-3 defeat at the hands of the Tigers.
River Mill saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Peyton Tubbs, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 1-for-3. Tubbs is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as he's now stolen at least one in the last three games he's played.
Meanwhile, after some red-hot attacks at the plate in their last five matches, Chatham Charter finally came back down to earth on Wednesday. They fell just short of The Burlington School by a score of 3-2.
Even though they lost, Chatham Charter didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 12 strikeouts. That's the most strikeouts they've managed all season.
River Mill now has a losing record at 8-9. As for Chatham Charter, their loss ended a five-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 16-5.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Thursday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. River Mill has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 7.5 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Chatham Charter struggles in that department as they've been averaging 7.7. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one.
River Mill might still be hurting after the 10-0 defeat they got from Chatham Charter in their previous meeting on April 9th. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Chatham Charter's Luke Johnson, who didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits over five innings pitched. Now that River Mill knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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