Riverside is on a four-game streak of home wins, while Jackson is on an eight-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Beavers will welcome the Polar Bears at 11:00 a.m. on Monday. Riverside is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 8.7 runs per game this season.
Riverside is probably headed into the contest with a chip on their shoulder considering St. Edward just ended the team's eight-game winning streak on Saturday. They took a 5-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Eagles. The Beavers were red-hot at the plate heading into the match (they scored no less than ten runs in the three games prior), but the Eagles' pitchers proved too tough.
Riverside got a good showing from Josh Rauer, who tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Rauer has been consistent: he hasn't given up more than one hit in seven consecutive appearances.
On the hitting side, Riverside saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jacob Michalski, who went a perfect 1-for-1 with one double.
Meanwhile, Jackson made easy work of Olmsted Falls on Tuesday and carried off an 11-3 win.
Jackson's victory bumped their record up to 24-3. As for Riverside, their defeat dropped their record down to 17-9.
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