Southern had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 6.5 runs), and they went ahead and made it three on Monday. They had just enough and edged the Rittman Indians out 2-1.
For Rittman's part, they saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Ariel Daughtery, who went 2-for-3 with an RBI.
Southern is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six games, which provided a massive bump to their 9-7 record this season. As for Rittman, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 7-15.
Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Southern will challenge Leetonia at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. As for Rittman, they will be staying on the road on Tuesday to face off against Smithville at 5:00 p.m. Rittman is facing Smithville at the right time seeing as Smithville is stuck on a ten-game losing streak.
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