The Sickles Gryphons will look to defend their home field on Saturday against the Riverview Sharks at 10:00 a.m. Sickles is coming into the contest hot, having won their last seven games.
Sickles put the finishing touches on their ninth blowout victory of the season on Thursday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand Robinson an 8-0 shutout.
Sickles saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Brandon Gonzales, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-3. Jake Taylor was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing a base.
Meanwhile, Riverview narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past Brandon 3-2. The victory was just what Riverview needed coming off of a 20-1 defeat in their prior game.
Sickles is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 14-3 record this season. As for Riverview, their win bumped their record up to 3-13.
Everything went Sickles' way against Riverview in their previous meeting back in February of 2022 as Sickles made off with an 11-0 victory. Does Sickles have another victory up their sleeve, or will Riverview turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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