Baseball Preview: Riverdale Falcons vs. Arlington Red Devils
The Riverdale Falcons will head out on the road to challenge the Arlington Red Devils at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Riverdale is hoping to deliver their fans another blowout on Tuesday, just like they did against Hardin Northern (and have done all season long). Everything went Riverdale's way against Hardin Northern on Monday as Riverdale made off with a 9-2 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Riverdale.
Gauge King made a big impact no matter where he played. He looked comfortable on the mound, striking out six batters over 6.2 innings while giving up just two earned runs off three hits. King has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't given up more than two walks in three consecutive pitching appearances. King was also big at the plate, scoring a run while going 3-for-4.
King wasn't the only one making solid contact as four players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Evan Reiter, who went 4-for-4 with a home run, two stolen bases, and two runs.
Meanwhile, Arlington entered their tilt with Cory-Rawson with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They had just enough and edged the Fighting Hornets out 6-5.
Riverdale is on a roll lately: they've won 12 of their last 15 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 18-5 record this season. As for Arlington, their victory bumped their record up to 6-13.
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