The Colonial Forge Eagles will face off against the Riverbend Bears at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Colonial Forge barely beat Brooke Point the last time the pair played, but that sure wasn't the case this time around. The Eagles' pitchers stepped up to hand the Black Hawks a 12-0 shutout on Tuesday. The Eagles have beaten the Black Hawks the last six times they've met, but they better watch out: this was the closest the Black Hawks has come to flipping the script.
Meanwhile, Riverbend had already won five in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 7 runs) and they went ahead and made it six on Thursday. They put the hurt on the Black Hawks with a sharp 16-1 victory. The Bears' hitters stepped up their game for this one, as that was the most runs they've scored all season.
Riverbend pushed their record up to 8-4 with the win, which was their fourth straight on the road. Those road victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.3 runs on average over those games. As for Colonial Forge, their win bumped their record up to 8-3.
Colonial Forge couldn't quite get it done against Riverbend in their previous meeting back in April of 2024 as they fell 5-2. Can the Eagles avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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