On Thursday, April 26th, varsity baseball action ramped up on the Raider field with the Hicksville Aces. Hicksville started the competition by scoring 4 runs in the 2nd inning. The Raiders made a comeback attempt in the 4th scoring 5 runs, but that was after the Aces clocked in 1 in the 3rd and 4 more in the 4th. Raiders claimed 2 more runs in the 5th but that wasn’t enough to add another win to the Raider mound as they conceded the win to Hicksville. Final score: Hicksville 10, Wayne Trace 7.
Score by Innings:
Hicksville – 0 4 1 4 0 1 0 = 10; 11H, 4E
Wayne Trace – 0 0 0 5 2 0 0 = 7; 7H, 6E
Winning Pitcher – Jake Greer (7 innings, 7 hits, 7 runs, 9 strikeouts, 4 walks)
Losing Pitcher – Korbin Slade (2 innings, 7 hits, 5 runs, 1 strikeout, 4 walks)
Other Wayne Trace Pitchers – Caleb Yenser, Grant Baumle
Hicksville Hitters – Parker Thiel (two singles), Zac Brickel (double), Jake Greer (single), Eric Chapman (two singles), Blake Stairhime (single), Lukas Yoder (three singles), Ethan Wilhelm (single)
Wayne Trace Hitters – Haydn Gillett (two singles), Caleb Schaefer (single), Reid Miller (single), Korbin Slade (double), Reece Thompson (single), Quinton Stabler (single)