Baseball Recap: Riverside Comes Up Short

Lakewood hit Riverside with a four-run third inning on Thursday, which goes a long way in explaining the final result. The Beavers lost 11-2 to the Rangers.

Riverside's loss dropped their record down to 13-8. As for Lakewood, the victory keeps them at an undefeated 25-0.

Riverside and Lakewood should be looking forward to their upcoming games as both have a sizable advantage in the MaxPreps Ohio Rankings. The Beavers (ranked 148th) will meet Perry (ranked 373rd) at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Meanwhile, Lakewood will challenge Rhodes at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday with a big rank advantage (7 vs. 490). The two teams have allowed few runs on average (the Rangers 2.2, the Rams 4) so any runs scored will be well earned.