The South Bend Riley Wildcats will head out on the road to square off against the West Noble Chargers at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both teams will really light up the scoreboard.
On Tuesday, everything went South Bend Riley's way against Elkhart Christian Academy as South Bend Riley made off with an 18-2 victory. That's two games straight that South Bend Riley has won by exactly 16 runs.
ELLIANA GONZALES made a splash while hitting and pitching. She struck out eight batters over five innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off four hits. GONZALES was also big at the plate, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-4.
In other batting news, South Bend Riley let VICTORYA HARMON and CHLOE WHITMER loose on the outfield. HARMON scored three runs and stole a base while getting on base in three of her four plate appearances, while WHITMER scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3. Another player making a difference was MORGAN WITTROCK, who went 1-for-1 with a triple, two RBI, and a run.
Meanwhile, West Noble made easy work of Fort Wayne Wayne on Monday and carried off an 18-2 win.
The victory made it two in a row for South Bend Riley and bumps their season record up to 2-0. As for West Noble, the win got them back to even at 1-1.
South Bend Riley skirted past West Noble 12-10 in their previous meeting back in May of 2022. The rematch might be a little tougher for South Bend Riley 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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