The Roanoke Rapids Varsity baseball team lost 5-3 to Northern Nash.

Ryan Williams pitched well for 4 innings but took the loss.  Cole Phelps came in and pitched 2 scoreless innings of relief.

Leading Hitters for the Yellow Jackets were:  Logan Simonowich with 2 hits and 1 run scored.  Caleb Pratt with 2 hits and 1 run scored.  Ryan Williams with 1 hit and 1 RBI.  Dylan Allen with 1 hit and 1 RBI.

"I am never happy with a loss, but I am proud of the way the guys played tonight.  We had good pitching from Ryan and Cole.  We also played strong defense behind the two of them.  We hit the ball much better tonight than we did the first time against them.  We will learn from this game and continue to improve.  I really like the way this team is starting to come together." said Coach Snead.

RRHS is now 2-2 on the season and their next game is Thursday at Southern Nash.