Baseball Recap: Ridgeview Wins Going Away Against Gardner-South Wilmington

Ridgeview's game last Monday was a loss, but they didn't let that memory haunt them on Tuesday. They put the hurt on the Gardner-South Wilmington Panthers with a sharp 10-2 victory. The Mustangs might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five contests by six runs or more this season.

Max Mason and Cole Kennedy were a major factor while hitting and pitching. Throwing, Mason struck out nine batters over 4.2 innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off six hits. Meanwhile, Kennedy tossed 2.1 innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in strikeouts (five). At the plate, Mason scored a run while getting on base in three of his five plate appearances, while Kennedy scored a run while going 2-for-5.

Landon Ludwig

Runs (Career)

04/15/25 @ Gardner-South Wilmington	2
03/28/25 @ Paxton-Buckley-Loda	1
03/25/25 vs Richwoods	1
03/24/25 vs Midland	1
03/17/25 @ Unity Christian	1

In other batting news, Landon Ludwig and Ben Crowley did most of the damage at the plate: Ludwig scored two runs while going 1-for-3, while Crowley went 2-for-4 with two RBI. Those two runs gave Ludwig a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Aiden Neuhaus, who scored a run while going 1-for-4.

Ridgeview is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matches. That's provided a nice bump to their 6-4-1 record this season. Those wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.6 runs on average over those games. As for Gardner-South Wilmington, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 2-6.

Looking ahead, Ridgeview will head out to face off against Tri-Valley at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. The Vikings' pitching crew has only allowed 3.4 runs per game this season, so the Mustangs' hitters will have their work cut out for them. As for Gardner-South Wilmington, they will welcome Iroquois West at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. The Panthers' pitchers better be ready for this one: the Raiders have averaged an impressive 8.3 runs per game this season.