Pleasant Ridge has enjoyed a four-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will square off against the Oskaloosa Bears at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. The pair have allowed few runs on average, (Pleasant Ridge: 2.8, Oskaloosa: 1.8) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Pleasant Ridge put the finishing touches on their fifth blowout victory of the season on Monday. They put the hurt on Atchison-Maur Hill-Mount Academy with a sharp 10-2 win.
Jackson Maley made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he struck out ten batters over 3.2 innings while giving up no earned run off two hits. Maley has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't tossed less than nine strikeouts in three consecutive pitching appearances. Maley was also big at the plate, scoring two runs while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Maley wasn't the only one making solid contact as five players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Henry Lance, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-4.
Meanwhile, Oskaloosa came tearing into Monday's contest with seven straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 9.7 runs) and they left with even more momentum. They came out on top against the Cobras by a score of 11-8.
Pleasant Ridge pushed their record up to 6-0 with that victory, which was their fifth straight at home dating back to last season. As for Oskaloosa, their win bumped their record up to 12-2.
Pleasant Ridge couldn't quite finish off Oskaloosa when the teams last played back in April of 2023 and fell 3-1. Can Pleasant Ridge avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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