Riverdale is 1-9 against Boscobel since April of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The Riverdale Chieftains will head out on the road to face off against the Boscobel Bulldogs at 5:00 p.m.
Riverdale is is headed into Monday's match looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their ninth straight game dating back to last season on Monday. They took a 7-3 hit to the loss column at the hands of Darlington.
Meanwhile, Boscobel had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 6.7 runs), and they went ahead and made it four on Thursday. They came out on top against the Wildcats by a score of 4-0. Four seems to be a good number for Boscobel as the team scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Gretta Grassel was a major factor no matter where she played. On the mound, she didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit while striking out 17 over seven innings pitched. Grassel has been nothing but reliable: she hasn't tossed less than eight strikeouts in six consecutive pitching appearances. Grassel was also big at the plate, scoring a run while going 2-for-3.
Grassel wasn't the only one making solid contact as three players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Erin Knowles, who scored a run while going 1-for-2.
Riverdale's loss dropped their record down to 0-7. As for Boscobel, they pushed their record up to 6-1 with that win, which was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season.
Riverdale might still be hurting after the 9-2 defeat they got from Boscobel in their previous meeting back in March. Can Riverdale avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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