On Wednesday, the River City Raiders were able to grind out a solid win over the Christian Brothers Falcons, taking the game 6-3.
Bryce Sabatke was a major factor no matter where he played. He looked comfortable on the mound, tossing 2.1 innings while giving up no earned run off one hit. Sabatke has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in three consecutive pitching appearances. Sabatke was also big at the plate, scoring three runs and stealing three bases while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Sabatke wasn't the only one making solid contact as five players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Nick Rodriguez, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-4.
On Christian Brothers' side, Isaac Holland was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he struck out 11 batters over five innings while giving up just two earned (and three unearned) runs off five hits (and only one walk).
Even though they lost, Christian Brothers didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 15 strikeouts. That's the most strikeouts they've managed all season.
River City has been performing well recently as they've won 11 of their last 13 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 13-8 record this season. As for Christian Brothers, they now have a losing record at 10-11.
River City will head out on the road to take on Grant at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. River City is facing Grant at the right time seeing as Grant is stuck on a 12-game losing streak. As for Christian Brothers, they will look to defend their home field on Monday against El Camino at 4:30 p.m. El Camino will be hoping to continue their four-game streak of scoring more runs each game than the last.
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