The Riverheads Gladiators will look to defend their home field on Monday against the Stuarts Draft Cougars at 3:00 p.m. The timing is sure in Riverheads' favor as the team sits on five straight wins at home while Stuarts Draft has been banged up by four consecutive losses on the road.
Riverheads can now show off ten landslide victories after their most recent contest last Thursday. Everything went their way against Staunton as Riverheads made off with a 17-3 win.
Meanwhile, Stuarts Draft never let their opponents score on Monday. They were the clear victor by a 6-0 margin over Fort Defiance. That looming 6-0 mark stands out as the most commanding margin for Stuarts Draft yet this season.
Not much got past Spencer Gates, who gave up just two hits and racked up 12 Ks to keep Fort Defiance off the board. Gates has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in eight consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Waylon Renner and Andre Ellis did most of the damage at the plate: Renner scored a run while going 1-for-2, while Ellis scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3. Christian Hoke was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 2-for-4.
Riverheads has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 15-5 record this season. As for Stuarts Draft, their victory bumped their record up to 8-12.
Riverheads was able to grind out a solid win over Stuarts Draft when the teams last played back in April, winning 4-1. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Gates, who struck out six batters over six innings while giving up just two earned (and two unearned) runs off four hits (and not a single walk). Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Riverheads still be able to contain Gates? There's only one way to find out.
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