Baseball Preview: River View Raiders vs. Mount View Golden Knights
River View is 1-9 against Mount View since March of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The River View Raiders will head out on the road to face off against the Mount View Golden Knights at 6:00 p.m.
Last Wednesday, River View came up short against WestSide and fell 8-5.
Meanwhile, Mount View entered their tilt with Pocahontas County with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They won by a run and slipped past the Warriors 7-6.
Jackson Rose made a splash no matter where he played. On the mound, he struck out six batters over three innings while giving up no earned runs off five hits. Rose was also big at the plate, scoring a run while going 1-for-3.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Blake Wright, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 2-for-3. Kyrece Hughes was another key contributor, scoring two runs and stealing three bases.
River View now has a losing record at 8-9. As for Mount View, their win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 13-10.
River View came up short against Mount View when the teams last played back in April, falling 13-10. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Rose, who struck out seven batters over 3.2 innings while giving up no earned runs off three hits. Now that River View 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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