Baseball Recap: Cleveland Comes Up Short

Cleveland has relied on a stalwart pitchers averaging 3.83 runs allowed per game, but that average took a hit on Friday. They fell 10-5 to the Blackman Blaze. The Blue Raiders were not able to repeat the success they had when they faced the Blaze earlier this season, when they won 2-1.

Cleveland saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Charley Atha, who went 2-for-4 with one run and one RBI. River Briggs was another, getting on base in three of his four plate appearances with one RBI.

Cleveland's defeat dropped their record down to 30-10. As for Blackman, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matches. That's provided a nice bump to their 25-10 record this season.

While Cleveland had to take the loss, they won't have to wait long to give it another shot: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday.