Northridge is 9-1 against Goshen since April of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Saturday. The Northridge Raiders will challenge the Goshen RedHawks at 10:00 a.m. Both teams come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Northridge is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand Warsaw a 7-0 shutout.
JT Tabor made a splash no matter where he played. He looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run and only two hits while striking out six over six innings pitched. Tabor was also big at the plate, going 2-for-5 with a triple, a run, and a double.
In other batting news, Northridge let Luke Mann and Max Horner loose on the outfield. Mann scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-4, while Horner scored a run while going 1-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Brody Wood, who scored a run while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Goshen entered their tilt with Elkhart with three consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with four. They came out on top against the Lions by a score of 7-2 on Thursday.
Like Northridge, Goshen also got a great game from a two-way player: Kyan Miller. He tossed 6.2 innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off eight hits. Miller has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in five consecutive pitching appearances. Miller was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run while going 2-for-4.
Miller wasn't the only one making solid contact as seven players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Caelan Miller, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 1-for-3.
Northridge's win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 13-14. As for Goshen, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a massive bump to their 12-13 record this season.
Northridge came out on top in a nail-biter against Goshen when the teams last played on May 1st, sneaking past 5-3. Does Northridge have another victory up their sleeve, or will Goshen turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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