The Riverside Academy Rebels will stay at home for another game and welcome the A.J. Ellender Patriots at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Riverside Academy will be strutting in after a victory while A.J. Ellender will be coming in after a loss.
On Wednesday, Riverside Academy narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past East Ascension 4-3.
Gage Thompson tossed a big game, striking out six batters over six innings while giving up just two earned runs off four hits.
On the hitting side, Brody Vicknair was excellent, going 2-for-3 with two RBI and a double. The team also got some help courtesy of Cameron Matt, who scored two runs while going 1-for-2.
Meanwhile, A.J. Ellender suffered a rough 19-2 defeat at the hands of South Terrebonne on Wednesday.
A.J. Ellender saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Joel Gaona, who went 1-for-2 with two RBI.
Riverside Academy's victory bumped their record up to 3-12-1. As for A.J. Ellender, they dropped their record down to 5-8 with that loss, which was their fifth straight on the road.
Riverside Academy came out on top in a nail-biter against A.J. Ellender when the teams last played back in March of 2023, sneaking past 2-1. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was A.J. Ellender's Brett Marcel, who didn't allow a single earned run over seven innings pitched. Now that he won't be playing on Saturday, will it be that much easier for Riverside Academy to walk away with another win? There's only one way to find out.
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