The Ridgeview Panthers will look to defend their home field on Monday against the Keystone Heights Indians at 7:00 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
While Ridgeview couldn't quite beat Clay on Thursday, the two-point margin was a huge improvement compared to the ten-point loss they were dealt on Tuesday. Ridgeview fell just short of Clay by a score of 7-5. Ridgeview has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Peyton Kirk was cooking despite her team's loss, scoring two runs while going 2-for-4.
Meanwhile, Keystone Heights was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat. They took a 4-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of West Broward. That's two games in a row now that Keystone Heights has lost by exactly four runs.
Keystone Heights saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Riley Shuford, who went 1-for-2 with a stolen base.
Ridgeview's loss dropped their record down to 5-9. As for Keystone Heights, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-7.
Ridgeview suffered a grim 12-1 defeat to Keystone Heights in their previous meeting back in February. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Keystone Heights' Kadence Massey, who pitched five innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits (she also didn't allow any walks). Now that Ridgeview knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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