Rickards is 1-9 against Leon since February of 2021 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Raiders will face off against the Lions at 4:30 p.m. Neither of those teams managed to put together many runs in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
Rickards can't be too happy about their upcoming road contest considering what happened when they opened their season away from home on Tuesday. They fell 7-2 to Sneads.
Meanwhile, Leon unfortunately couldn't capitalize on their home-field advantage in their season opener. They lost 12-2 to Florida State University High School on Tuesday. Lions fans who chose to attend the game sure picked the wrong one: it was the first time the team has lost against the Seminoles since Tuesday.
Leon saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Evans Franco, who went 2-for-3 with one double and one RBI.
Rickards suffered a grim 12-0 defeat to Leon when the teams last played back in March of 2025. Can the Raiders avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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