The Cedar Ridge Fighting Red Wolves will square off against the Richlands Wildcats on Friday. Cedar Ridge is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 9.7 runs per game this season.
Cedar Ridge is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They put the hurt on West Johnston with a sharp 12-1 victory. Considering the Fighting Red Wolves have won 12 matchups by more than five runs this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
Reagan Simmons
| 05/06/25 vs West Johnston | 4 |
| 04/10/25 @ Falls Lake | 1 |
| 04/09/25 @ Southern Alamance | 0 |
| 03/28/25 vs Williams | 1 |
| 03/27/25 vs Roxboro Community | 3 |
| + 3 more games |
Cedar Ridge let Reagan Simmons and Mia Best run wild. Simmons went 2-for-3 with one home run, four RBI, and one double, while Best went a perfect 3-for-3 with four runs, two doubles, and one RBI. That's the most RBI Simmons has posted since back in March. Another player making a difference was Rylee Capps, who went 1-for-4 with three RBI and one double.
Meanwhile, Richlands won against West Carteret on Saturday with two runs and they decided to stick to that run total again on Tuesday. The Wildcats beat White Oak by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 2-1. The win was nothing new for the Wildcats as they're now sitting on three straight.
Makenzie Goin spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered only one earned run on two hits and racked up 12 Ks. She has been nothing but reliable: she hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts in 13 consecutive appearances.
On the hitting side, Richlands saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Addi Andrews, who went a perfect 3-for-3 with one run.
Richlands pushed their record up to 19-5 with the victory, which was their tenth straight at home. They've had to fight for that success though, as they only beat their opponents by an average of 2.7 runs across that stretch. As for Cedar Ridge, they are on a roll lately: they've won 12 of their last 14 contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 17-7 record this season.
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