The Riverside Pirates will head out on the road to challenge the Umatilla Vikings at 4:00 p.m. on Monday. The two teams have had a bumpy ride up to this point with four consecutive losses for Riverside and three for Umatilla.
Riverside's hitters might be in the hot seat on Monday considering what happened against McLoughlin on Tuesday. They fell 4-0 to the Pioneers. While getting shut out isn't ideal, Riverside has not been shut out since back in March.
Meanwhile, Umatilla also failed to score in their most recent game. They took a 5-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of Enterprise/Joseph on Friday. Considering the last time Umatilla couldn't score was back in March, the team can't take the result too hard.
Riverside's defeat dropped their record down to 2-12. As for Umatilla, their loss dropped their record down to 6-11.
Riverside suffered a grim 12-6 defeat to Umatilla when the teams last played back in April. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Umatilla's R.J. Estrada, who pitched 4.1 innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off four hits. Now that Riverside knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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