The Ridgeview Ravens will challenge the Bend Lava Bears at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams are strolling into their games after big wins in their previous games.
Bend will be up against a hot Ridgeview team: the squad just extended their winning streak to three. The Ravens were the clear victors by a 14-1 margin over Caldera on Friday. The match marked the Ravens' most dominant win of the season so far.
Meanwhile, Bend had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5.5 runs) and they went ahead and made it three on Friday. They put the hurt on the Panthers with a sharp 11-1 victory. Considering the Lava Bears have won six contests by more than six runs this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Kaden Cooper was incredible, going 2-for-3 with one home run, four RBI, and two runs. Those two runs gave him a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Makai Morton, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with two runs, one triple, and one RBI.
Bend pushed their record up to 13-4 with the win, which was their third straight at home. Those home victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 10.3 runs over those games. As for Ridgeview, their win bumped their record up to 9-5.
Everything went Ridgeview's way against Bend in their previous matchup back in April of 2024, as Ridgeview made off with a 10-0 victory. Do the Ravens have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Lava Bears turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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