Baseball Recap: Red Bank Sets Scoring Season-High Against East Ridge

Lions

Team Score (Highest)

04/14/25 @ East Ridge	17
03/06/25 @ McMinn Central	14
04/01/25 @ Signal Mountain	12
03/10/25 @ Chattanooga Central	12
03/26/25 vs Tyner Academy	11

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Red Bank). Everything went their way against the East Ridge Pioneers on Monday as they made off with a 17-2 victory. The result was nothing new for the Lions, who have now won seven matchups by seven runs or more so far this season.

Anyer Alvarez made a big impact while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he struck out six batters over three innings while giving up no earned runs or hits (and not a single walk). That's the most strikeouts he has posted over his last four games. He was also big at the plate, scoring two runs and stealing a base. Red Bank is 5-1 when Alvarez posts two or more runs, but 6-11 otherwise.

In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Sean Brune, who scored three runs and stole three bases while going 1-for-3. Those three stolen bases gave him a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Demetruss Wilbur, who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances.

Red Bank always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .538. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as East Ridge only posted an OBP of .211.

The win snapped Red Bank's losing streak at four games and leaves them with a 11-12 record. As for East Ridge, their defeat was their ninth straight at home, which dropped their record down to 2-11.

Red Bank will have a chance to go back-to-back against the Pioneers: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday.