The Arcadia Raiders will take on the Aquinas Blugolds at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Arcadia took a loss when they played away from home on Monday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Thursday. They skirted past Luther 5-4.
Arcadia let Deklyn Grzadzielewski and Max Blashko run wild. Grzadzielewski went 2-for-5 with one stolen base, one run, and one double, while Blashko got on base in three of his six plate appearances with two stolen bases and one RBI. Those two stolen bases gave Blashko a new career-high.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Aquinas). Everything went their way against Holmen on Thursday as they made off with a 15-1 win. Considering the Blugolds have won 12 contests by more than five runs this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Aquinas pushed their record up to 18-3 with the victory, which was their seventh straight on the road. Those road wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 11.4 runs over those games. As for Arcadia, their victory bumped their record up to 10-14.
Arcadia couldn't quite finish off Aquinas in their previous meeting back in May of 2023 and fell 5-3. Can the Raiders avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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