The Rib Lake Redmen will head out on the road to challenge the Marathon Red Raiders at 4:45 p.m. on Monday. Rib Lake's pitching crew has only allowed 3.1 runs per game this season, so Marathon's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Rib Lake's hitters might be in the hot seat on Monday considering what happened against Stratford on Friday. They lost 7-0 to the Tigers. Rib Lake has not had much luck with Stratford recently, as the team's come up short the last five times they've met.
Meanwhile, Marathon came tearing into Saturday's matchup with nine straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5.9 runs) and they left with even more momentum. They came out on top against the Thunderbirds by a score of 4-1.
Rib Lake's defeat dropped their record down to 14-4. As for Marathon, they pushed their record up to 16-2 with that win, which was their sixth straight on the road.
Rib Lake came out on top in a nail-biter against Marathon in their previous matchup back in April, sneaking past 5-3. The rematch might be a little tougher for Rib Lake since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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