Baseball Recap: South Range picks up fourth straight win at home

By Team Reports May 1, 2024, 9:46pm

Baseball Recap: South Range Raiders vs. Struthers Wildcats

South Range won the last time they faced Struthers, and things went their way on Wednesday too. The South Range Raiders skirted past the Struthers Wildcats 7-6. The win made it back-to-back victories for South Range.

For Struthers' part, JR Hovanec made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored a run while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Jordan Becker, who scored a run while going 2-for-2.

South Range's win was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 12-7. As for Struthers, they have traveled a rocky road recently having lost 11 of their last 12 matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 3-15 record this season.

Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. South Range will challenge Washington at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Washington's pitching crew has only allowed 3.4 runs per game this season, so South Range's hitters will have their work cut out for them. As for Struthers, they will head out on the road to square off against Harding at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Struthers is facing Harding at the right time seeing as Harding is stuck on a three-game losing streak.

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