Baseball Recap: Rio Americano Raiders vs. Vista del Lago Eagles
Vista del Lago typically has all the answers at home, but on Friday Rio Americano proved too difficult a challenge. They walked away with a 6-3 victory over the Vista del Lago Eagles. This was a revenge contest for Rio Americano, as the team was forced to settle for a 7-6 loss when these two played last Wednesday.
Rio Americano's win was truly a team effort as seven different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Reese Christiansen, who scored a run while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Even though they lost, Vista del Lago didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 13 strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Rio Americano only tossed five.
Rio Americano's victory bumped their record up to 15-7. As for Vista del Lago, their defeat ended a nine-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 19-3.
Rio Americano will take on Del Campo at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. Rio Americano's pitching crew has only allowed 3.6 runs per game this season, so Del Campo's hitters will have their work cut out for them. As for Vista del Lago, they will head out on the road to challenge Bella Vista at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (Bella Vista: 3.2, Vista del Lago: 2) so any runs scored will be well earned.
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