Mineral Ridge and Western Reserve are an even 5-5 against one another since April of 2018, but likely not for long. The Mineral Ridge Rams will be playing in front of their home fans against the Western Reserve Blue Devils at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. Neither Mineral Ridge nor Western Reserve posted many runs in their last games, so it might be the pitching crews that decide this one.
Mineral Ridge took a loss when they played away from home on Wednesday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Thursday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand Lowellville a 2-0 shutout.
The result came thanks to Nick Anderson's shutout, as he gave up just two hits and racked up seven Ks.
At the plate, Mineral Ridge's win was truly a team effort as three different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Gino Novello, who went 2-for-3 with a stolen base.
Meanwhile, Western Reserve was not able to break out of their rough patch on Saturday as the team picked up their eighth straight loss. They lost 17-2 to Newton Falls.
Mineral Ridge's victory bumped their record up to 9-4. As for Western Reserve, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-12.
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