Baseball Preview: Arlington Red Devils vs. Riverdale Falcons
The Arlington Red Devils will look to defend their home field on Wednesday against the Riverdale Falcons at 5:00 p.m. Arlington is out to stop a four-game streak of losses at home.
Last Monday, it was a hard-fought contest, but Arlington had to settle for a 6-5 loss against Pandora-Gilboa.
Meanwhile, Riverdale entered their tilt with Anna with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the Rockets on Tuesday and snuck past 3-2.
Cameron Furr spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned (and one unearned) run on five hits.
At the plate, Riverdale saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Alex Russler, who went 1-for-2 with an RBI.
Arlington's defeat dropped their record down to 1-8. As for Riverdale, they have been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 9-2 record this season.
Arlington skirted past Riverdale 6-5 when the teams last played back in April of 2023. Will Arlington repeat their success, or does Riverdale have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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