The Highlands Golden Rams will face off against the Riverview Raiders at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Highlands' pitching crew heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They came out on top against Shady Side Academy by a score of 4-0.
Kristian Kocon
| 03/25/25 vs Shady Side Academy | 3 |
| 05/08/24 @ Springdale | 2 |
| 04/25/24 vs Riverview | 2 |
| 03/21/25 @ West Shamokin | 1 |
| 05/01/24 vs Freeport | 1 |
Kristian Kocon made a big impact while hitting and pitching. He didn't allow a single earned run while striking out nine over seven innings pitched. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-low in earned runs (zero). He was also stellar in the batter's box, going 1-for-2 with one home run and three RBI. Those three RBI gave him a new career-high.
Kocon wasn't the only one making solid contact as two players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Jake King, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-3. King is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as he's now snagged at least one in each of the last three games he's played dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, Riverview put another one in the bag on Tuesday to keep their perfect season alive. Everything went their way against Carlynton as Riverview made off with an 8-0 victory. The Raiders' pitching crew has been rock solid lately; the team hasn't given up a run in their last four games.
Not much got past Lukas Duncan, who gave up just a hit and racked up 11 Ks to keep Carlynton off the board.
At the plate, Riverview got a massive performance out of Tyler Aftanas, who scored three runs and stole four bases while getting on base in two of his four plate appearances. Those stolen bases marked the first that Aftanas snagged this season. The team also got some help courtesy of Johnny Bertucci, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
Highlands' win bumped their record up to 2-0. As for Riverview, their victory bumped their record up to 5-0.
Highlands suffered a grim 12-6 defeat to Riverview when the teams last played back in April of 2024. Can Highlands avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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