Rio is on a five-game streak of home losses, and Fall River a three-game streak of away losses. However, someone's due for a change in luck on Tuesday. The Rio Vikings will host the Fall River Pirates at 5:00 p.m. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.
Rio is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 17 runs on Thursday, they were much more limited against Parkview on Saturday. They lost 9-1 to Parkview.
Rio saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Indiana Desjarlais, who went a perfect 1-for-1 with one stolen base and one run. Nolan Proebstle also deserves some recognition as he got his first hit of the season.
Meanwhile, Fall River came up short against Green Lake/Princeton on Thursday, falling 16-4. That's two games in a row now that the Pirates have lost by exactly 12 runs.
Ethan Stai made the most of his time in the batter's box despite the final result and went a perfect 3-for-3 with two stolen bases, two RBI, and one run.
Fall River's loss dropped their record down to 1-11. As for Rio, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-8.
Rio couldn't quite get it done against Fall River when the teams last played back in May of 2025 as they fell 10-6. Can the Vikings avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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