The Riverside Panthers will venture away from home to square off against the Bethel Park Black Hawks at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Riverside is coming into the matchup hot, having won their last five games.
Last Monday, Riverside made easy work of Sto-Rox and carried off a 13-1 win. The Panthers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won seven contests by six runs or more this season.
Logan Young made a big impact no matter where he played. He tossed three innings while giving up just one earned run off one hit. Young was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run while going 1-for-2. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in RBI (two).
In other batting news, Zach Hare was incredible, scoring two runs and stealing a base while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. Christian Lucarelli was another key player, going 2-for-4 with four RBI.
The home team had won the previous five meetings between Bethel Park and Peters Township, and Peters Township kept the tradition alive. The Black Hawks fell 6-1 to the Indians on Wednesday. The game marked the Black Hawks' lowest-scoring match so far this season.
Riverside pushed their record up to 9-1 with the victory, which was their eighth straight on the road dating back to last season. Those road wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 10.6 runs over those games. As for Bethel Park, their loss dropped their record down to 8-4.
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