Softball Game Preview: Rio Linda Knights vs. Sutter Huskies

Knights

Runs

04/03/25 @ Dixon	1
04/01/25 vs El Camino	10
03/27/25 @ Natomas	32
03/25/25 vs Woodland	14
03/21/25 vs Lower Lake	15
+ 10 more games

The Rio Linda Knights will venture away from home to take on the Sutter Huskies at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Rio Linda is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 9.8 runs per game this season.

Rio Linda is probably headed into the match with a chip on their shoulder considering Dixon just ended the team's four-game winning streak on Thursday. They came up short against the Rams, falling 9-1. Having soared to a lofty ten runs in the game before, the Knights couldn't push the score so high this time.

Rio Linda saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Roxie Alvarez, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with one double and one RBI. That double marked the first that Alvarez hit this season.

Meanwhile, Sutter got themselves on the board against El Camino on Thursday, but El Camino never followed suit. They blew past the Eagles 15-0. The Huskies might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five games by six runs or more this season.

Sutter got a massive performance out of Paytyn Schamanski, who went 1-for-3 with three runs, one triple, and two RBI. Another player making a difference was Lexi Callison, who scored three runs while going 2-for-3.

Sutter is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 8-5 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 9.5 runs over those games. As for Rio Linda, they suffered their first road defeat, dropping their record down to 11-4.

Rio Linda might still be hurting after the 6-0 loss they got from Sutter when the teams last played back in March of 2019. Can the Knights avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.