Baseball Preview: Castle View Sabercats vs. ThunderRidge Grizzlies
Castle View and ThunderRidge are an even 4-4 against one another since April of 2015, but likely not for long. The Castle View Sabercats will look to defend their home field on Wednesday against the ThunderRidge Grizzlies at 4:15 p.m. Castle View will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each contest than the last.
Castle View is headed into the match fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. Everything went their way against Rock Canyon on Monday as Castle View made off with a 19-2 win. Castle View might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team's won seven games by six runs or more this season.
Castle View got a massive performance out of Sam Harry, who scored four runs and stole a base while getting on base in all five of his plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Jay Ronning, who went 1-for-4 with a home run, four runs, and four RBI.
Meanwhile, after soaring to 12 runs the game before, ThunderRidge was a bit more limited in their matchup on Monday. They lost 13-1 to Legend. The defeat continues a trend for ThunderRidge in their matchups with Legend: they've now lost three in a row.
Castle View is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 14-5 record this season. As for ThunderRidge, their loss dropped their record down to 4-13.
ThunderRidge's pitching crew has a crucial task ahead of them: Castle View hasn't had any issues making contact this season, having earned a batting average of .363. It's a different story for ThunderRidge, though, as they've only averaged .246. Will they be able to contain Castle View's hitters?
Castle View suffered a grim 8-0 defeat to ThunderRidge in their previous matchup back in May of 2023. Will Castle View have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check MaxPreps after the action for a full breakdown of the game and more baseball content.
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