Rice Consolidated is 2-8 against Edna since March of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Saturday. The Rice Consolidated Raiders will be playing in front of their home fans against the Edna Cowboys at 1:30 p.m.
Rice Consolidated was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their sixth straight loss. They fell just short of Palacios by a score of 4-2.
Meanwhile, Edna scored the most runs they've had all season to find success on Tuesday. They came out on top against Tidehaven by a score of 16-12. Both teams can probably skip cardio this week after making that many trips around the bases.
Peyton MacCarrell was incredible, going 2-for-4 with a home run, five RBI, and a stolen base. The team also got some help courtesy of Riley Palacios, who scored three runs and stole a base while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances.
Rice Consolidated's defeat dropped their record down to 6-12-1. As for Edna, their win ended a three-game drought on the road and puts them at 8-17-1.
Rice Consolidated might still be hurting after the 13-3 loss they got from Edna in their previous meeting back in March. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Edna's Jaykub Reyes, who struck out 12 batters over 5.1 innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off four hits. Now that Rice Consolidated knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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