Baseball Preview: Rice Consolidated Raiders vs. Columbus Cardinals
Rice Consolidated is 2-8 against Columbus since April of 2016 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Rice Consolidated Raiders will head out on the road to face off against the Columbus Cardinals at 7:00 p.m. Neither Rice Consolidated nor Columbus posted many runs in their last games, so it might be the pitching crews that decide this one.
Rice Consolidated is is headed into Friday's match looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their 11th straight game on Tuesday. They suffered a rough 10-1 defeat at the hands of Industrial.
Rice Consolidated saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Kor'dae Johnson, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, Columbus unfortunately witnessed the end of their ten-game winning streak on Tuesday. They fell just short of Edna by a score of 3-2.
Rice Consolidated's loss dropped their record down to 6-16-1. As for Columbus, their defeat ended a five-game streak of away wins and brought them to 18-6.
Rice Consolidated might still be hurting after the 19-9 loss they got from Columbus in their previous matchup back in March. Can Rice Consolidated avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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