Baseball Preview: Riverdale Raiders vs. Loyola Academy Ramblers
Riverdale has been on the road for two straight, but on Thursday they'll finally head home. They will take on the Loyola Academy Ramblers at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Riverdale is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 7.2 runs per game this season.
Riverdale fought the good fight in their extra-innings game against Mariner on Tuesday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Tritons by a score of 2-1. The result shouldn't come as a shock considering that's the fewest runs Riverdale has scored all season.
Chad Johnson was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he didn't allow a single earned run while striking out six over five innings pitched. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in three consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Konnor VonHagen was cooking despite his team's loss, going 3-for-3 with a double and an RBI.
Even though they lost, Riverdale didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with eight strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Mariner only tossed four.
Meanwhile, Loyola Academy had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 8.5 runs), and they went ahead and made it three on Wednesday. They put the hurt on the Seahawks with a sharp 10-4 win. Loyola Academy might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team's won three contests by six runs or more this season.
Riverdale's defeat dropped their record down to 8-5. As for Loyola Academy, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 5-2 record this season.
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