Baseball Preview: Columbus Cardinals vs. Rice Consolidated Raiders
Columbus is 8-2 against Rice Consolidated since April of 2016, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Columbus Cardinals will be playing at home against the Rice Consolidated Raiders at 7:00 p.m. The timing is sure in Columbus' favor as the squad sits on five straight wins at home while Rice Consolidated has been banged up by 13 consecutive losses on the road dating back to last season.
On Tuesday, Columbus didn't have quite enough to beat Edna and fell 3-2.
Meanwhile, Rice Consolidated suffered a tough 10-1 loss at the hands of Industrial on Tuesday.
Rice Consolidated saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Kor'dae Johnson, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 1-for-3.
Columbus' defeat ended a five-game streak of away wins and brought them to 18-6. As for Rice Consolidated, their loss dropped their record down to 6-16-1.
Columbus took their victory against Rice Consolidated in their previous matchup back in March by a conclusive 19-9. Will Columbus repeat their success, or does Rice Consolidated have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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