Baseball Game Preview: Caesar Rodney Plays at Home

By Team Reports May 11, 2024, 7:38am

Baseball Preview: Caesar Rodney Riders vs. Archmere Academy Auks

The Caesar Rodney Riders have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Archmere Academy Auks at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (Caesar Rodney: 2.5, Archmere Academy: 3.1) so any runs scored will be well earned.

Caesar Rodney is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Delaware's top teams: Smyrna, who was ranked 24th in their home state at the time (Caesar Rodney was ranked fourth). Caesar Rodney never let Smyrna onto the board and left with a 2-0 win last Thursday.

Meanwhile, Thursday just wasn't the day for Archmere Academy's offense. They fell 4-0 to Red Lion Christian Academy on Thursday. Having soared to a lofty ten runs in the game before, Archmere Academy's shutout was a dramatic turnaround.

Caesar Rodney has been performing well recently as they've won nine of their last 11 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 11-4 record this season. As for Archmere Academy, their loss dropped their record down to 9-6.

Caesar Rodney beat Archmere Academy 6-2 in their previous meeting back in May of 2023. Does Caesar Rodney have another victory up their sleeve, or will Archmere Academy turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.

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