Baseball Preview: Rhodes Rams vs. Valley Forge Patriots
The Rhodes Rams will head out on the road to challenge the Valley Forge Patriots at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Rhodes is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 7.9 runs per game this season.
Rhodes can now show off three landslide victories after their most recent contest on Tuesday. They blew past Bard Early College 15-0. The win made it back-to-back victories for Rhodes.
The team relied heavily on Fernando Rios, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 3-for-4. Loagen Somodjii was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing three bases while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances.
Meanwhile, after soaring to 12 runs the game before, Valley Forge was a bit more limited in their game on Monday. They fell victim to a tough 11-1 defeat at the hands of Holy Name.
Rhodes is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 4-5 record this season. As for Valley Forge, their loss was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 1-5.
Rhodes beat Valley Forge 7-4 when the teams last played back in May of 2017. Will Rhodes repeat their success, or does Valley Forge have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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