Baseball Recap: Highlands Golden Rams vs. Riverview Raiders
Highlands was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their fifth straight defeat. They fell victim to a rough 12-6 loss at the hands of the Riverview Raiders. Highlands was given a dose of their own medicine in this game as Riverview apparently hadn't forgotten their defeat the last time these teams played back in May of 2022.
Highlands saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Luke Bombalski, who scored two runs while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Kristian Kocon, who scored a run and stole a base.
On Riverview's side, the team relied heavily on Lukas Duncan, who scored four runs and stole a base while going 3-for-4. Johnny Bertucci was another key contributor, scoring two runs and stealing four bases while going 1-for-1.
Highlands' loss dropped their record down to 2-12. As for Riverview, the win was the third in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 10-3.
Highlands will head out on the road to face off against Indiana at 4:00 p.m. on Monday. Highlands is facing Indiana at the right time seeing as Indiana is stuck on a five-game losing streak. As for Riverview, they will look to defend their home field on Monday against Jeannette at 4:15 p.m. One thing working in Riverview's favor is that they have posted big run totals in their last three matchups.
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