Baseball Preview: Riverside Pirates vs. Columbia Bruins
Riverside is 0-4 against Columbia since March of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The Riverside Pirates will head out on the road to challenge the Columbia Bruins at 4:00 p.m. Neither Riverside nor Columbia posted many runs in their last games, so it might be the pitching crews that decide this one.
Wednesday just wasn't the day for Riverside's offense. They fell victim to a rough 16-0 loss at the hands of Rainier last Wednesday. The matchup marked that first time this year in which Riverside was not able to get on the board.
Meanwhile, Columbia was not able to break out of their rough patch last Friday as the team picked up their tenth straight defeat. Their tough 11-1 loss to La Center might stick with them for a while.
Riverside's defeat dropped their record down to 1-4. As for Columbia, their loss dropped their record down to 0-2.
Riverside suffered a grim 14-4 defeat to Columbia in their previous matchup back in April of 2023. Thankfully for Riverside, Bryson Sauter (who scored three runs and stole three bases while going 2-for-4) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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