The Ridge Community Bolts will challenge the Discovery Spartans at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Last Thursday, Ridge Community didn't have quite enough to beat Winter Haven and fell 6-4. The defeat continues a trend for the Bolts in their matchups with the Blue Devils: they've now lost five in a row.
Ridge Community saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Adrian Cuadrado, who went 1-for-4 with two RBI. Deniel Serrano also deserves some recognition as he stole his first stolen base of the season.
Meanwhile, Discovery was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their fifth straight loss. They lost 13-5 to Auburndale.
Conner Faulkner made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored a run and stole three bases while going 2-for-4. Those three stolen bases gave him a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Hunter Benjamin, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-2.
Ridge Community's defeat dropped their record down to 4-4. As for Discovery, their loss dropped their record down to 2-5.
Everything went Ridge Community's way against Discovery in their previous matchup back in March of 2021, as Ridge Community made off with an 8-2 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Ridge Community since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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