Baseball Game Preview: River View Black Bears vs. Crooksville Ceramics

The River View Black Bears will square off against the Crooksville Ceramics at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. River View is coming into the match hot, having won their last four games.

If River View beats Crooksville with nine runs on Thursday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two contests with that exact score. The Black Bears beat John Glenn on Tuesday by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 9-4.

Meanwhile, after soaring to ten runs the game before, Crooksville was a bit more limited in their game on Tuesday. They fell just short of Coshocton by a score of 4-2.

The win got River View back to even at 7-7. As for Crooksville, they have traveled a rocky road recently, having lost five of their last six matches. That's put a noticeable dent in their 4-8 record this season.

River View took their victory against Crooksville in their previous meeting back in April of 2023 by a conclusive 10-0 score. Will the Black Bears repeat their success, or do the Ceramics have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.