Baseball Game Preview: Southridge Raiders vs. Heritage Hills Patriots

The Southridge Raiders will face off against the Heritage Hills Patriots at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.

On Saturday, Southridge came up short against Silver Creek and fell 7-4. The Raiders have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.

Meanwhile, after a string of five wins, Heritage Hills' good fortune finally ran out on Saturday. They took a 7-4 hit to the loss column at the hands of Eastern Greene.

Andersen Smith and Colten Hopf did some serious damage despite the final result: Smith went a perfect 2-for-2 with one double and one RBI, while Hopf went 1-for-3 with two runs and one stolen base. Aiden Fischer was another key player, going a perfect 2-for-2 with one RBI.

Southridge now has a losing record of 8-9. As for Heritage Hills, their loss dropped their record down to 15-5.