The Rhodes Rams will square off against the Cleveland Central Catholic Ironmen at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.
Rhodes is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 11 runs on Monday, they were much more limited against Villa Angela-St. Joseph on Wednesday. They lost 14-2 to the Vikings. The contest marked the Rams' lowest-scoring matchup so far this season.
Meanwhile, Cleveland Central Catholic was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their 14th straight defeat dating back to last season. They came up short against Bard Early College, falling 25-5. That's two games in a row now that the Ironmen have lost by exactly 20 runs.
Cleveland Central Catholic saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Taahira Bobbitt, who went 1-for-2 with two stolen bases and one run. Bobbitt is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as she's now snagged at least one in each of the last four games she's played. Marissa Hampton also deserves some recognition as she scored her first run of the season.
Cleveland Central Catholic's loss dropped their record down to 0-10. As for Rhodes, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 6-4.
Everything went Rhodes' way against Cleveland Central Catholic in their previous meeting back in April, as Rhodes made off with an 18-1 victory. Do the Rams have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Ironmen turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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