Baseball Game Preview: McKinley Red Dragons vs. South Range Raiders

By Team Reports Apr 20, 2024, 3:44pm

Baseball Preview: McKinley Red Dragons vs. South Range Raiders

McKinley is 0-8 against South Range since May of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The McKinley Red Dragons will be playing at home against the South Range Raiders at 5:00 p.m. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.

McKinley will head into Saturday's game ready to turn things around: they lost a close one when they played on Friday but unfortunately for them the defeat they were handed on Saturday was a bit more commanding. They wound up on the wrong side of a tough 17-7 walloping at the hands of Harding. McKinley has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.

Brixton Gilmour was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring a run while going 2-for-4. Tyler Williams was another key contributor, scoring a run while going 1-for-3.

Meanwhile, South Range was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They fell victim to a rough 8-2 defeat at the hands of Girard. That's two games in a row now that South Range has lost by exactly six runs.

McKinley's loss dropped their record down to 2-6. As for South Range, their defeat dropped their record down to 7-4.

McKinley suffered a grim 11-1 defeat to South Range in their previous matchup back in April of 2023. Will McKinley have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other baseball content.

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