After nine games on the road, Red Bluff is heading back home. They will take on the Chico Panthers at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Red Bluff: 3.2, Chico: 3.6) so any runs scored will be well earned.
On Wednesday, Red Bluff was able to grind out a solid victory over Anderson, taking the game 6-2.
Jace Ledbetter was a major factor no matter where he played. He looked comfortable on the mound, pitching two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. Ledbetter was also big at the plate, going 2-for-4 with a stolen base and two RBI.
Ledbetter wasn't the only one making solid contact as four players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Ryan Ross, who scored a run while going 1-for-2.
Meanwhile, it was a hard-fought match, but Chico had to settle for a 6-5 defeat against Pleasant Valley on Monday. The loss unfortunately continues a disappointing trend for Chico in their matchups with Pleasant Valley: they've now lost three in a row.
Jorden Neugebauer was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 3-for-4.
Red Bluff's win bumped their record up to 12-4. As for Chico, their defeat dropped their record down to 7-4-1.
Red Bluff couldn't quite finish off Chico when the teams last played two weeks ago and fell 8-6. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Chico's Malachi Bosschart, who struck out ten batters over 5.1 innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off four hits (and not a single walk). Now that Red Bluff knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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