Riverside is 0-5 against Triad since May of 2016 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Saturday. The Riverside Pirates will look to defend their home field against the Triad Cardinals at 11:00 a.m. Riverside will be strutting in after a win while Triad will be coming in after a defeat.
On Thursday, Riverside earned a 6-3 victory over Northridge. Six seems to be a good number for Riverside as the squad scooped up a win with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Cooper Crouch was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, striking out six batters over 3.1 innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits. Crouch was also big at the plate, getting on base in three of his four plate appearances with a stolen base and an RBI.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Gavin Orsborne, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-3. Gavin Robinson was another key contributor, scoring two runs while going 1-for-4.
Meanwhile, Triad was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their 12th straight loss. They fell just short of Fairlawn by a score of 13-12. Both teams can probably skip cardio this week after making that many trips around the bases.
Triad got a big performance out of Wyatt Smith, who scored a run and stole a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Connor Hayes, who scored two runs and stole two bases while getting on base in two of his three plate appearances.
The victory made it two in a row for Riverside and bumps their season record up to 2-0. As for Triad, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-2.
Riverside came up short against Triad in their previous meeting back in April of 2021, falling 9-4. Can Riverside avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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