After flying high against Cypress Lake last Friday, Riverdale came back down to earth. The Riverdale Raiders fell just short of the Aubrey Rogers Patriots by a score of 14-13 on Monday. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Friday (11), Riverdale still had to take the loss.
Konnor VonHagen and Nick Gonzalez stepped up to the plate in a big way. VonHagen scored two runs and stole three bases while going 1-for-4, while Gonzalez scored four runs while getting on base in all five of his plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Hayden Prescott, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-4.
On Aubrey Rogers' side, they got a massive performance out of Tyler Rosenthal, who scored two runs while going 4-for-6. The team also got some help courtesy of Daniel Cuellarsola, who scored two runs while going 2-for-4.
Riverdale has not been sharp recently as the team has lost three of their last four matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 9-7 record this season. As for Aubrey Rogers, their victory bumped their record up to 3-14.
Riverdale will look to defend their home field on Tuesday against South Fort Myers at 7:00 p.m. Riverdale is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 7.6 runs per game this season. As for Aubrey Rogers, they will face off against LaBelle at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Aubrey Rogers is no doubt hoping to put an end to a six-game streak of away losses.
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