The Richmond-Burton Rockets will venture away from home to challenge the Byron Tigers at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Richmond-Burton has given up an average of 8.7 runs per game this season, but Saturday's game will give them a chance to turn things around.
Richmond-Burton is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to ten runs on Monday, they were much more limited against Woodstock on Wednesday. They came up short against the Blue Streaks, falling 13-2. The Rockets' defeat signaled the end of their three-game winning streak.
Meanwhile, Byron had already won seven in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 9.1 runs) and they went ahead and made it eight on Wednesday. They walked away with a 10-7 victory over the Rockets.
Byron pushed their record up to 11-4 with the win, which was their fourth straight on the road. Those road victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.8 runs on average over those games. As for Richmond-Burton, their loss dropped their record down to 4-9.
Richmond-Burton couldn't quite get it done against Byron when the teams last played back in April of 2023 as they fell 10-5. Can the Rockets avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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