John Bates turned in his biggest game of the season on Tuesday, pitching five innings while giving up just one earned (and four unearned) runs off seven hits. As if that's not impressive enough, the pitching appearance was his third in a row with less than one walks allowed. On the year, Bates has an ERA of 3.39 over 20.7 innings pitched.
Even though Bates couldn't lead River Valley over Galion, he won't have to wait long to try again: the teams have a rematch scheduled at 5:15 p.m. on Wednesday. River Valley will be headed into this one with a pretty big disadvantage in the rankings (they're ranked 338 places lower in Ohio), but they're not letting that get them down. Will they be able to pull off an upset behind Bates? Check MaxPreps after the match for a full breakdown of the game, commentary, and other baseball content.
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