The Fairview Knights will square off against the Riverdale Ridge Ravens at 11:00 p.m. on Saturday. Fairview will be strutting in after a victory while Riverdale Ridge will be coming in after a loss.
On Thursday, it was close, but Fairview sidestepped Holy Family for an 8-6 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Knights.
Fairview got a big performance out of Isaac Waymire, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3. Another player making a difference was Asher Allen, who scored a run and stole a base while going 3-for-4.
Waymire wasn't the only one making solid contact: Fairview kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 12 hits. The Knights are a perfect 3-0 when they post 11 or more hits.
Meanwhile, Riverdale Ridge entered their match against Boulder on Thursday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. The Ravens fell just short of the Panthers by a score of 5-4.
Jaxon Carabajal was huge no matter where he played even without the win. He looked comfortable on the mound, striking out eight batters over four innings while giving up three earned (and one unearned) runs off six hits. Carabajal was also big at the plate, going 2-for-3 with two RBI.
Carabajal wasn't the only one making solid contact as six players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Landon Brophy, who went 1-for-4 with one triple and one run. That triple was Brophy's first of the season.
Riverdale Ridge's defeat dropped their record down to 9-5. As for Fairview, they now have a winning record of 6-5.
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