For the second straight game, Rio Vista will face off against Mesa Verde. The Rams will look to defend their home field on Thursday against the Mavericks at 4:00 p.m. Rio Vista has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the match with three straight defeats, while Mesa Verde will come in with three straight wins.
Rio Vista fought the good fight in their extra-innings contest against Mesa Verde on Tuesday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Mavericks by a score of 6-5. That's two games in a row now that the Rams have lost by just one run.
For Mesa Verde's part, they saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jonny Alger, who went 2-for-4 with two RBI and one run.
Mesa Verde pushed their record up to 18-5 with the victory, which was their third straight at home. The home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.7 runs on average over those games. As for Rio Vista, their loss dropped their record down to 8-10.
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