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| 04/23/24 - Away | 7-1 W |
| 04/04/24 - Home | 5-7 L |
| 05/16/23 - Home | 2-0 W |
| 04/11/23 - Home | 4-0 W |
| 03/07/23 - Away | 2-3 L |
| + 5 more games |
Ridgeview has gone 8-2 against Clay recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Ridgeview Panthers will take on the Clay Blue Devils at 7:00 p.m. The squads are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Ridgeview has struggled recently with three defeats in a row, while Clay will arrive with three straight wins.
Ridgeview came up short against Atlantic Coast on Wednesday, falling 8-2.
Ridgeview saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Peyton Kirk, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-2.
While Clay didn't have the best season last year (they finished 10-17), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past. They came out on top against Fleming Island by a score of 8-5 on Tuesday.
Malia Collins spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered just two earned (and three unearned) runs on seven hits. The dominant performance also gave her a new career-high in strikeouts (five).
On the hitting side, Kaelye Rouw was a standout: she went 1-for-3 with one home run, two runs, and two RBI. That home run marked the first that she launched this season. Another player making a difference was Brooke Hamilton, who went 2-for-4 with three runs and one triple.
Clay's victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 6-3. The wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 9.3 runs over those games. As for Ridgeview, their loss dropped their record down to 2-5.
Everything went Ridgeview's way against Clay in their previous meeting back in April of 2024, as Ridgeview made off with a 7-1 win. Will Ridgeview repeat their success, or does Clay have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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