Austin has enjoyed a four-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will face off against the Riverside Rangers at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Austin will head into Monday's match after some sweet revenge against Irvin: Austin couldn't quite topple Irvin on Monday, but it was still a huge improvement compared to the ten-point defeat they took when the two last played. Austin blew past Irvin 26-16. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for Austin considering their one-run performance the contest before.
The team relied heavily on Ashley Ruiz, who fired off two home runs, four runs, and four RBI while getting on base in all five of her plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Madison Clements, who went 3-for-4 with a home run, three runs, and three RBI.
Meanwhile, Riverside had already won five in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 15.2 runs), and they went ahead and made it six on Friday. Everything went their way against the Bears as they made off with a 10-2 victory. The result was nothing new for Riverside, who have now won nine matchups by eight runs or more so far this season.
Austin's win ended a seven-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 4-18. As for Riverside, they pushed their record up to 13-16 with that victory, which was their third straight at home.
Austin might still be hurting after the 17-0 loss they got from Riverside in their previous matchup two weeks ago. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Riverside's Zoey Quintana, who didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit over four innings pitched. Now that Austin knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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