Bend extended their losing streak to three on Friday, dropping them down to 18-9. They fell 5-2 to the Ridgeview Ravens. Unfortunately, that's the third time they've come up short against the Ravens this season, with their most recent loss being a 12-2 defeat on Wednesday.
As for Ridgeview, they are on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten games. That's provided a massive bump to their 18-8-1 record this season. The victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.1 runs on average over those games.
For Ridgeview's part, Dylan Hertel spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned (and one unearned) run on four hits. Hertel has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't given up more than two walks in nine consecutive appearances.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Aiden Scott, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with two runs, one stolen base, and one double. The team also got some help courtesy of Bennett Wyatt, who went 1-for-3 with one stolen base, one run, and one RBI.
As of now, neither Bend nor Ridgeview have any future games scheduled.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
