The Marvin Ridge Mavericks will head out on the road to face off against the Rock Hill Bearcats at 1:00 p.m. on Monday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Marvin Ridge has three straight wins, Rock Hill has seven straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Marvin Ridge is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of North Carolina's top teams: Weddington, who was ranked 12th at the time (Marvin Ridge was ranked eighth). The Mavericks were the clear victors by a 12-4 margin over the Warriors on Thursday. Marvin Ridge's victory was all the more impressive since the Warriors were averaging only 4.05 runs allowed on the season.
Meanwhile, Thursday just wasn't the day for Rock Hill's offense. They lost 9-0 to Catawba Ridge on Thursday.
Marvin Ridge pushed their record up to 15-6 with the win, which was their seventh straight on the road. The road victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 7.7 runs over those games. As for Rock Hill, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-18.
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