Baseball Recap: Riverdale Picks Up Third Consecutive Victory

Rams

Margin (Wins)

04/16/26 @ Sherrard	17
04/24/26 @ Princeton	11
05/07/26 vs Mercer County	10
05/04/26 @ Mercer County	10
04/10/26 vs Kewanee	10

Riverdale extended their winning streak to three on Thursday, bumping them up to 15-6. Everything went their way against the Mercer County Golden Eagles as they made off with a 15-5 victory. Considering the Rams have won ten contests by more than six runs this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.

Gaege Heinsen and Tyler Nadolson made a big impact no matter where they played. Throwing, Heinsen struck out eight batters over five innings while giving up just two earned (and three unearned) runs off four hits. Meanwhile, Nadolson pitched one inning while giving up no earned runs or hits. That's the most strikeouts Heinsen has posted since back in April. At the plate, Heinsen went 2-for-4 with one double and one RBI, while Nadolson went 3-for-4 with one home run, five RBI, and two runs. Nadolson also put up a triple, which was his first of the season.

In other batting news, Riverdale let Jackson Fritch and Austin Duke run wild. Fritch got on base in three of his four plate appearances with one home run and three RBI, while Duke got on base in three of his five plate appearances with three runs and two RBI. Those three runs gave Duke a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Carter Orr, who went a perfect 1-for-1 with one home run.

Riverdale always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .590. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Mercer County only posted an OBP of .379.

As for Mercer County, they are on a 12-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 2-16. That's two games in a row now that they have lost by exactly ten runs.

On Mercer County's side, they saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Nathan Matlick, who got on base in all three of his plate appearances with one run and one RBI.

We've got plenty of inter-conference action coming up soon. Riverdale will square off against rival Hall at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Meanwhile, Mercer County is set to challenge their familiar foe Monmouth-Roseville at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday.