The Riverview Sharks will head out on the road to challenge the Steinbrenner Warriors at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday.
After soaring to 13 runs the game before, Riverview was a bit more limited in their matchup on Friday. They suffered a rough 6-0 defeat at the hands of Bloomingdale. The match marked that first time this season in which Riverview was not able to get on the board.
Regan Robidoux spent all seven innings played on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered five earned (and one unearned) runs on five hits. She has been consistent recently: she hasn't given up more than two walks in six consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Riverview saw one different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Aiyana Hicks, who went 1-for-3 with a stolen base. Hicks has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last four times she's played.
Meanwhile, Steinbrenner can now show off four landslide victories after their most recent game on Tuesday. They put the hurt on Gaither with a sharp 11-1 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for Steinbrenner.
SOPHIE LUACES and HANNAH GNIADEK did most of the damage at the plate: LUACES scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-4, while GNIADEK scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in all three of her plate appearances.
Riverview dropped their record down to 2-6 with that loss, which was their third straight at home. As for Steinbrenner, their win bumped their record up to 9-3.
Riverview suffered a grim 9-2 defeat to Steinbrenner when the teams last played back in February. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Steinbrenner's LILLY PATTON, who didn't allow a single earned run while striking out six over seven innings pitched. Now that Riverview knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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