Baseball Game Preview: Roseville Tigers vs. River Valley Falcons

For the second straight game, Roseville will face off against River Valley. Roseville will venture away from home to face off against River Valley at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Roseville's pitching crew has only allowed 3.8 runs per game this season, so River Valley's hitters will have their work cut out for them.

Roseville took a loss when they played away from home on Friday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Monday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand River Valley a 6-0 shutout. That six run margin sets a new team best for the Tigers this season.

Roseville got a great performance from Tyler Ritter as he didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only one hit while striking out ten over six innings pitched. The dominant performance also gave Ritter a new career-low in walks (one).

At the plate, the team relied heavily on John Vicente lll, who went 2-for-3 with one home run, two runs, and one stolen base. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in RBI (two). Austin Chang was another key player, going 1-for-2 with one home run and three RBI.

Roseville is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games. That's provided a nice bump to their 6-7 record this season. The victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.5 runs on average over those games. River Valley is on a seven-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 2-9.