The Full Count Rhythm continue to hit all of the right notes in the 2025 Ohio Valley League season. The Rhythm got a solid start on the mound from Chase Fernandez as they picked up their league-best 16th win of the season with a 10-2 win over the Hoptown Hoppers on Military Appreciation Night at Christian County High School.
Fernandez, from Trevecca Nazarene, allowed just one run on three hits, striking out seven and walking two, before being lifted with two outs in the bottom of the fifth inning.
The Rhythm took the lead in the top of the second when Jake Turer, from Tampa, blasted one over the left field fence to make it 1-0.
Full Count extended the lead to 2-0 in the top of the third on a sac fly from John Paul Head, from Alabama-Birmingham. The Rhythm then took advantage of three walks and a Hopper error in the top of the fourth to score three more runs and move the lead out to 5-0.
The Hoppers got on the board in the bottom of the fifth when Kolby Webb was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded, cutting the lead to 5-1.
Full Count came right back with two runs in the top of the sixth to push the lead out to 7-1. The big hit in the inning was an RBI double from Jackson Cauthron, of Ohio University.
The Rhythm were right back at it in the top of the seventh. Full Count opened the inning with a hit batter, a double, and a single to score a run. Two ground outs pushed across two more runs and the lead was at 10-1 going into the bottom of the seventh.
Meanwhile, four Full Count relievers were combining to lock down the Hoppers after the run they scored in the bottom of the fifth. They combined to allow the Hoppers just one hit until the bottom of the ninth, when Aidon Butts doubled in a run to reach the final 10-2 score.
Five different Hoppers had one hit each as Hoptown was outhit for the night 8 to 5.
Cody Jones got the start for Hoptown and was charged with the loss. He gave up five runs, three of them earned, in 3 ⅓ innings, striking out four and walking three.
