JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. - The Elizabethton River Riders struggled to get much going offensively Wednesday night as they fell to the Johnson City Doughboys, 6-2.
The Doughboys got out to an early lead as they struck for two in each of the first and second innings. In the first, Colby Backus singled to score Caleb Berry and Danny Infante drew a bases-loaded walk to score Logan Sutter. In the second, Sutter singled home Berry before Backus plated Cam King with a single.
Johnson City added on more insurance later in the ballgame when it got one run in the fifth on a Jack Pokorak double. All the while, Doughboys starting pitcher Justin Guiliano dominated his way through the River Rider lineup, tossing five innings of one-hit shutout ball.
After the Doughboys added one more insurance run in the eighth, E-Town tried to come back in the ninth. Trey Fenderson hit a double to score DJ Dillehay and Xavier Cintron hit an RBI groundout to cut the deficit to four.
The River Riders will be back in action Thursday night against the Danville Otterbots with first pitch from Northeast Community Credit Union Ballpark set for 7 p.m.
