The River Islands Riptide will challenge the Edison Vikings at 6:30 p.m. on Monday.
River Islands is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 18 runs on Wednesday, they were much more limited against Modesto on Friday. They fell just short of the Panthers by a score of 2-1.
Meanwhile, Edison's rock-solid pitchers showed up for the team's fifth consecutive shutout on Friday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand Weston Ranch a 5-0 shutout. While the Vikings didn't have the best season last year (they finished 9-14-1), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past.
Roman Stewart was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He tossed one inning while giving up no earned runs or hits. Stewart was also solid in the batter's box, going 1-for-4 with one home run and two runs. That home run marked the first that he has launched this season.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Issac Stewart, who went 2-for-4 with one triple, one run, and one RBI. That triple was his first of the season. The team also got some help courtesy of Izaak Navarrete, who earned one RBI and two stolen bases.
Edison's win ended a three-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 5-0. As for River Islands, their loss dropped their record down to 5-4.
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