Baseball Game Preview: Riverdale Falcons vs. Liberty-Benton Eagles

The Riverdale Falcons will challenge the Liberty-Benton Eagles at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. Riverdale is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.5 runs per game this season.

Riverdale managed to slip by Elmwood the last time these teams faced off, but didn't have those same answers this time around. The Falcons came up short against the Royals on Wednesday, falling 19-9. The Falcons have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.

Kydin Reed

Runs

04/21/25 @ Pandora-Gilboa	3
04/04/25 vs Waynesfield-Goshen	3
04/30/25 @ Elmwood	2
04/28/25 vs Ada	2
04/23/25 @ Vanlue	1
+ 1 more games

Kydin Reed made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and went 2-for-3 with three RBI and two runs. He is becoming a predictor of Riverdale's success: when he posts at least two runs the team is 3-1 (and 5-6 when he doesn't).

Meanwhile, Liberty-Benton came tearing into Friday's contest with four straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5.8 runs), and they left with even more momentum. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Bulldogs a 10-0 shutout. The result was nothing new for the Eagles, who have now won nine games by seven runs or more so far this season.

Liberty-Benton pushed their record up to 12-3 with the victory, which was their sixth straight at home. The home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.2 runs on average over those games. As for Riverdale, their loss was their first in the conference, dropping their conference record down to 4-1 and their overall record down to 8-7.