Softball Game Preview: River City Hits the Road

By Team Reports May 7, 2024, 6:48am

Softball Preview: River City Raiders vs. Grant Pacers

River City is 7-0 against Grant since April of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Wednesday. The River City Raiders will head out on the road to challenge the Grant Pacers at 4:00 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.

River City is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 14 runs on Friday, they were much more limited against McClatchy on Monday. They lost 9-2 to the Lions.

River City saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Bella Rogel, who went 1-for-3 with a stolen base, two RBI, and a double.

Meanwhile, Grant fell victim to Kennedy and their airtight pitching crew on Friday. They lost 19-0 to the Cougars.

River City now has a losing record at 9-10-1. As for Grant, their loss dropped their record down to 4-10.

Everything went River City's way against Grant in their previous matchup back in April as River City made off with a 20-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for River City since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.

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