For the second straight game, McNeil will face off against Cedar Ridge. The Mavericks are taking a road trip to take on the Raiders at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. McNeil has given up an average of 6.7 runs per game this season, but Saturday's game will give them a chance to turn things around.
McNeil came into their game on Friday off a hard-fought close win, but unfortunately suffered a serious change of fortune. They lost 13-1 to Cedar Ridge. The Mavericks haven't had much luck with the Raiders recently, as the team has come up short the last seven times they've met.
For Cedar Ridge's part, they got a great performance from Jaedyn Lambert as he didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only two hits over five innings pitched.
At the plate, Hudson Hartgrove and Jake Shoemaker did most of the damage at the plate: Hartgrove got on base in all four of his plate appearances with one home run, three stolen bases, and three runs, while Shoemaker got on base in all four of his plate appearances with two runs, one triple, and one stolen base. Those three stolen bases gave Hartgrove a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Kasen Langerhans, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with one stolen base and one double.
Cedar Ridge always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .706. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.
Cedar Ridge has been performing well recently as they've won ten of their last 13 games. That's provided a nice bump to their 16-6-1 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.7 runs on average over those games. As for McNeil, their loss dropped their record down to 9-8-2.
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