River View is 0-8 against John Glenn since March of 2021 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Wednesday. The River View Black Bears will head out on the road to face off against the John Glenn Little Muskies at 5:00 p.m. Both teams come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
On Monday, River View needed a bit of extra time to put away Cambridge. They walked away with a 5-2 win over the Bobcats.
Kylie Dobson was excellent, scoring a run while going 2-for-4. Another player making a difference was Raelee McPeak, who went 1-for-4 with a triple and a stolen base.
Meanwhile, John Glenn had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 3 runs), and they went ahead and made it five on Monday. They skirted past the Scotties 3-1. That's two games straight that John Glenn has won by exactly two runs.
Sydney Marshall made a big impact while hitting and pitching. She looked comfortable on the mound, striking out nine batters over seven innings while giving up just one earned run off five hits. Marshall has been consistent recently: she hasn't pitched less than seven innings in five consecutive pitching appearances. Marshall was also stellar in the batter's box, getting on base in all three of her plate appearances with a home run and two RBI.
Marshall wasn't the only one making solid contact as four players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Sarah Wayne, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
River View's victory ended a ten-game drought on the road and puts them at 4-16. As for John Glenn, they pushed their record up to 18-6 with that win, which was their third straight at home.
River View suffered a grim 13-2 defeat to John Glenn in their previous meeting two weeks ago. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Marshall, who tossed three innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off two hits. Now that River View knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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