For the second straight game, Richland Northeast will face off against South Pointe. The Cavaliers will host the Stallions at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Richland Northeast has given up an average of 15 runs per game this season, but Friday's game will give them a chance to turn things around.
If Richland Northeast beats South Pointe with 12 runs on Friday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two matchups with that exact score. The Cavaliers beat the Stallions on Thursday by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 12-11. The game snapped a strange streak: the last four times these teams have met, it?s been the away team that?s taken home the W.
Richland Northeast got a massive performance out of Saniya Fleming, who scored three runs and stole a base while getting on base in all five of her plate appearances. Fleming also got three hits, marking her first of the season. Ariyanna Scott was another key player, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while going 2-for-5.
Richland Northeast kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 11 hits. That's the most hits they've managed all season.
South Pointe is on a nine-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 1-11. Those losses can't be blamed on the team's hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 6.8 runs over those games. As for Richland Northeast, their win ended a four-game drought at home and bumped them up to 3-7.
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