Baseball Recap: River Ridge Snags 12th Win in Last 16 Games

With a playoff win on the line, River Ridge rose to the challenge on Wednesday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Effingham County Rebels a 2-0 shutout. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest win the Knights have posted since April 4th.

River Ridge has been performing well recently as they've won 12 of their last 16 matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 26-14 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.3 runs on average over those games. As for Effingham County, the defeat snapped their winning streak at seven games and leaves them with a 30-6 record.

River Ridge will have a chance to go back-to-back against the Rebels: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday.