The South Range Raiders will venture away from home to take on the Salem Quakers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (South Range has seven straight victories, Salem has three straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Salem's hitters are going to have their work cut out for them on Friday: South Range hadn't allowed a single run the last three times they've hit the field. The Raiders put the hurt on McDonald with a sharp 12-0 win on Thursday. The result was nothing new for the Raiders, who have now won seven games by seven runs or more so far this season.
Meanwhile, Salem fought the good fight in their extra-innings contest against Howland on Thursday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Tigers by a score of 6-5.
Salem's defeat dropped their record down to 2-18. As for South Range, their victory bumped their record up to 13-8.
South Range got the 'W' when the teams last played back in April of 2023 against Salem by a conclusive 14-4 score. Will the Raiders repeat their success, or do the Quakers have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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