The River City Raiders will head out to take on the Vanden Vikings at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. River City has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the matchup with five straight losses, while Vanden will come in with ten straight victories.
River City came up short against Wood on Friday, falling 18-2.
River City saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Hailey Flint, who scored a run while going 2-for-3. Azzy Mendez also deserves some recognition as she hit her first double of the season.
Wood typically has all the answers at home, but on Wednesday Vanden proved too difficult a challenge. They never let the Wildcats get on the board and left with a 6-0 win. The result was nothing new for the Vikings, who have now won nine games by six runs or more so far this season.
Vanden pushed their record up to 14-4 with the victory, which was their fifth straight on the road. The road wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.2 runs on average over those games. As for River City, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-14.
River City suffered a grim 19-1 defeat to Vanden in their previous matchup back in March. Can the Raiders avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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