Baseball Game Preview: Ridgedale Plays at Home

By Team Reports May 3, 2024, 2:15am

Baseball Preview: Ridgedale Rockets vs. Waynesfield-Goshen Tigers

After three games on the road, Ridgedale is heading back home. They will take on the Waynesfield-Goshen Tigers at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Neither of those teams managed to put together many runs in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.

Last Wednesday, Ridgedale came up short against Ridgemont and fell 6-2. Ridgedale has not had much luck with Ridgemont recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.

Meanwhile, Waynesfield-Goshen entered their tilt with Jackson Center with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They never let the Tigers onto the board and left with a 1-0 win on Tuesday.

Ridgedale's defeat dropped their record down to 1-11. As for Waynesfield-Goshen, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five games, which provided a massive bump to their 5-9 record this season.

Ridgedale suffered a grim 20-2 defeat to Waynesfield-Goshen when the teams last played back in May of 2023. Thankfully for Ridgedale, Jayden Elliott (who scored two runs and stole four bases while getting on base in all five of his plate appearances) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.

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