The Ridgeview Wolf Pack will look to defend their home field on Thursday against the St. Joseph Knights at 4:30 p.m. Ridgeview is coming into the game hot, having won their last eight games.
Ridgeview is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They skirted past Clovis East 5-3.
Ridgeview's victory was truly a team effort as five different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Adam Salazar, who scored a run while going 1-for-2.
Meanwhile, while St. Joseph put up some runs on Tuesday, the same can't be said for Hanford. St. Joseph won by a run and slipped past Hanford 1-0. The win made it back-to-back victories for St. Joseph.
Not much got past Hunter Hammond, who gave up just three hits to keep Hanford off the board.
At the plate, Jayson Rodriguez was excellent, going 2-for-2 with two doubles and an RBI.
Ridgeview has been performing well recently as they've won 15 of their last 18 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 21-7 record this season. As for St. Joseph, their win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 16-13.
Ridgeview skirted past St. Joseph 2-1 in their previous matchup back in March. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Hammond, who struck out eight batters over five innings while giving up just one earned run off five hits. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Ridgeview still be able to contain Hammond? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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