The Riverside Ram will be playing in front of their home fans against the Stone Bridge Bulldogs at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Riverside will be looking to keep their eight-game home win streak alive.
Last Friday, Riverside sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 6-5 victory over Independence.
Kaylee Kadans spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered three earned (and two unearned) runs on seven hits. She has been nothing but reliable: she hasn't pitched less than five innings in six consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Charlotte Moore, who went 2-for-2 with a home run, three RBI, and two runs. The team also got some help courtesy of Hailey Peterson, who went 2-for-3 with a home run and two runs.
Meanwhile, it can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Stone Bridge had no problem doing just that on Wednesday. They had just enough and edged the Bears out 5-4.
Stone Bridge also let their pitcher toss all seven innings and she was also dialed-in: Morgan Harting gave up four runs (all of which were unearned) on five hits and racked up 12 Ks.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Jackie Yeager, who went 1-for-3 with a home run and two RBI.
Riverside's win bumped their record up to 19-3. As for Stone Bridge, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 9-12 record this season.
Fans could be in store for some top-tier slugging on Tuesday. Riverside hasn't had any problems when it comes to power this season, having averaged 1.4 home runs per game. However, it's not like Stone Bridge struggles in that department as they've been averaging 0.4. With so much power on both teams, it'll be down to the pitchers to keep the mound locked down.
Everything went Riverside's way against Stone Bridge in their previous meeting last Tuesday as Riverside made off with an 11-2 victory. Will Riverside repeat their success, or does Stone Bridge have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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