Baseball Recap: Riverside Wins Going Away Against Madison

Riverside never let their opponents score on Monday. They put the hurt on the Madison Mustangs with a sharp 16-0 victory. This was payback for the Panthers, who suffered a 9-8 defeat the last time these two teams met.

Connor Newberry

Runs Batted In (Career)

04/14/25 vs Madison	5
04/10/25 vs Camden Central	4
04/16/24 @ Liberty Tech Magnet	4
04/09/25 vs Liberty Tech Magnet	3
04/12/25 vs Houston County	2

Connor Newberry was incredible, going a perfect 3-for-3 with one home run, five RBI, and two runs. Those five RBI gave him a new career-high. Another player making a difference was James England, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-3.

Riverside hit smart and finished the game with only one strikeout. They are a perfect 5-0 when they post two or more strikeouts.

Riverside has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six games. That's provided a nice bump to their 12-9 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.0 runs on average over those games. As for Madison, their loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 12-7-1.

Riverside will have a chance to go back-to-back against the Mustangs: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday.