ELIZABETHTON, Tenn. - The Elizabethton River Riders fell at home to the Appalachian League West Champion Johnson City Doughboys on Saturday night, 9-2.
The scoring began in the first when a fielder’s choice off the bat of Hunter Porter gave the River Riders the lead. That would hold for multiple innings with starters Spencer Atkins and Trevor Hanselman trading zeros until the fifth.
The Doughboys tied the game in that frame as a passed ball brought home Caleb Berry. The next inning, Amman Dewberry hit a two-run triple to center field to give Johnson City its first lead of the game. E-Town got one of those runs back in its half of the frame on a sacrifice fly, making it a one-run game after six.
The ballgame started to get away from the River Riders in the eighth after an RBI double from Berry, which preceeded a Doughboys five-spot in the ninth. An RBI single from Cam King and two-run doubles from Dewberry and Danny Infante accounted for the superlative Johnson City inning.
Up next, the two squads will meet one more time on Sunday with first pitch from Northeast Community Credit Union Ballpark set for 5 p.m.
