Baseball Preview: Ripon Indians vs. Patterson Tigers
The Ripon Indians will be playing at home against the Patterson Tigers at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (Ripon: 3.5, Patterson: 3.1) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Ripon took a loss when they played away from home on Tuesday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Thursday. They walked away with a 7-3 victory over Escalon.
Meanwhile, Patterson can now show off seven landslide victories after their most recent match on Thursday. Everything went their way against Atwater as Patterson made off with an 11-1 win. 11 seems to be a good number for Patterson as the squad scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Nate Lozano made a big impact while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, striking out seven batters over five innings while giving up just one earned run off six hits. Lozano was also big at the plate, firing off two home runs and three RBI while going 2-for-4.
In other batting news, Max Medina was incredible, scoring three runs and stealing a base while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Nick Johnson, who scored two runs while going 2-for-3.
Ripon's win bumped their record up to 16-9. As for Patterson, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 12 of their last 14 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 15-6-1 record this season.
Ripon might still be hurting after the 10-0 loss they got from Patterson in their previous matchup back in April. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Patterson's Guy Allard, who didn't allow a single earned run over six innings pitched. Now that Ripon knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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