The Riverside Warriors will face off against the Hillcrest Rams at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Riverside barely beat Spartanburg the last time the pair played, but that sure wasn't the case this time around. The Warriors put the hurt on the Vikings with a sharp 17-8 win on Tuesday. The victory continues a trend for the Warriors in their matchups with the Vikings: they've now won eight in a row.
Meanwhile, Hillcrest beat Easley 7-2 on Tuesday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Rams.
Maria Sialmas was incredible, going 3-for-4 with one home run and three RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Chloe Cross, who went a perfect 4-for-4 with one double and one RBI.
Sialmas wasn't the only one working in the hit department: Hillcrest kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 13 hits. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now got at least ten hits in three consecutive contests.
Hillcrest pushed their record up to 5-7 with the win, which was their third straight at home. Those home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.7 runs on average over those games. As for Riverside, the win got them back to even at 4-4.
Riverside came out on top in a nail-biter against Hillcrest when the teams last played back in March of 2024, sneaking past 15-14. Do the Warriors have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Rams turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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