The Riverview Raiders will take on the Jeannette Jayhawks at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. Riverview will be strutting in after a win while Jeannette will be coming in after a loss.
Riverview's pitching crew heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Wednesday. Everything went their way against Clairton as Riverview made off with a 16-0 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Raiders.
Rece Stempfer was a standout: he scored two runs while going 2-for-2. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in doubles (two). Ashton Saunders was another key player, scoring a run and stealing Three bases. while getting on base in all five of his plate appearances.
Riverview always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .625. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Clairton only posted an OBP of .125.
Meanwhile, Jeannette didn't have quite enough to beat Carrick on Wednesday and fell 4-2. That's two games in a row now that the Jayhawks have lost by exactly two runs.
Amari Thomas made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
Riverview's win bumped their record up to 2-0. As for Jeannette, their defeat was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 0-2.
Everything went Riverview's way against Jeannette when the teams last played back in May of 2024, as Riverview made off with a 17-0 victory. Will Riverview repeat their success, or does Jeannette have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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