Baseball Game Preview: Ridgefield Tigers vs. Stamford Black Knights

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Previous Games

04/24/24 - Home	5-9 L
04/28/23 - Home	10-0 W
04/29/22 - Away	11-6 W
04/17/21 - Away	14-3 W
04/10/19 - Home	6-3 W
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Ridgefield is 7-2 against Stamford since April of 2015 and they'll have a chance to extend that dominance on Monday. The Tigers will be playing in front of their home fans against the Black Knights at 4:30 p.m. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.

On Wednesday, Ridgefield sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 4-2 victory over St. Joseph.

Meanwhile, Stamford had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 13.5 runs) and they went ahead and made it three on Wednesday. They put the hurt on the Blue Wave with a sharp 9-3 win. Give some credit to the fans of both teams: the last five times they've met, the home team has come away the winner.

Jack Gibson spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered three earned runs on five hits.

At the plate, Travis Fuchs and Benny Degrutolla did most of the damage at the plate: Fuchs went a perfect 4-for-4 with one stolen base, two RBI, and one run, while Degrutolla went 1-for-3 with three stolen bases and three runs. Those four hits gave Fuchs a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Aidan O'Loughlin, who went 1-for-4 with two stolen bases, two RBI, and one run.

Stamford pushed their record up to 8-3 with the victory, which was their sixth straight at home. The home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.0 runs on average over those games. As for Ridgefield, their victory bumped their record up to 2-3.

Ridgefield couldn't quite get it done against Stamford in their previous matchup back in April of 2024 as they fell 9-5. Can the Tigers avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.